• Intro
    • Company History
    • Mission and Artistic Policy
    • People
    • Vacancies
    • Donate
    • E-Newsletter
    • Books
    • CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
    • fairymonsterghost
    • Anne and Zef
    • PAST PRODUCTIONS
    • Hannah and Hannah
    • Crime and Punishment in Dalston
    • Fathers and Eggs & The Wild Girl
    • Young Europe
    • Sweetpeter
    • Theatre Cafe
    • Virgins
    • RISK
    • Theatre Cafe Europe
    • Truckstop
    • Theatre Cafe Sweden
    • Theatre Cafe Festival 2008
    • This Child
    • Invasion!
    • Sense
    • Theatre Cafe Festival 2010
    • Blowing
    • Apples
    • Young Angels New Writing 2011
    • Club Asylum
    • Truant
    • CURRENT PROJECTS
    • Equal Rights, Equal Respect
    • Young Angels Theatremakers 2010-11
    • PAST PROJECTS
    • Asylum Seeker Narratives
    • Gap Theatre Project
    • Gap Theatre Project - Cosmos
    • Project R
    • Swedish Readings
    • Young Angels Theatremakers 2007
    • Young Angels - new writing for children
    • Young Angels - Directors, Designers and Writers
    • Young Angels Theatremakers 2008
    • Norwegian Play Readings
    • Gap Theatre Project: Story Museum
    • Gap Theatre Project: 25 Farewells
    • Gap Theatre Project: You Zoo
    • Young Directors Programme
    • The Birds Stopped Singing
    • Young Angels - New Writing: Children in Wartime
    • Gap Theatre Project: Talk to Me, Talk to You
    • Young Angels Theatremakers 2009
    • Choreography for Children Award
    • Young Angels - New European Writing
    • Press Hannah & Hanna
    • Press Young Europe
    • Press Virgins
    • Press Club Asylum
    • Press RISK
    • Press Truckstop
    • Press Crime & Punishment in Dalston
    • Press Theatre Cafe Festival 2008
    • Press Invasion
    • Press Apples
    • Associates Biographies
    • Associate Companies
    • Past Associates
    • Map and Directions
    • Social Media
Company History

Company of Angels was set up in 2001 by John Retallack to foster and produce new and experimental theatre for young audiences.
The company’s mission is to broaden the definition of theatre for young people through experimental projects and new productions of a high artistic standard.


Forthcoming productions and projects include:
fairymonsterghost
by Tim Crouch, directed by John Retallack in a co-production with Bristol Old Vic.
Truant
, written by and directed by John Retallack in a co-production with National Theatre of Scotland.

Recent projects include:

Sandholm
by Anno Bro (Denmark), directed by Young Angels director Gareth Nicholls with ALRA acting students.
Gap Theatre Project, Cosmos, with Hargrave Park School as a co-production with Sacarbeus and islington Community Theatre in an aerial performance.

Apples
by Richmond Milward adapated by John Ratallack as a co-production with Nothern Stage which then toured nationally;
Theatre Caf
é Festival 2010 in association with Unicorn Theatre and Southwark Playhouse,
Blowing
by Jeroen van den Berg directed by Young Angels Award Winners, Frashen;

Colörs
by Peca Stefan (Romania) and
Tattoo
by Dea Loher (Germany) at Tristan Bates Theatre, London;
Iphigenia
by Pauline Mol (The Netherlands) and This Child by Joël Pommerat (France) produced in association with ALRA, London;
Sense
, award-winning author Anja Hilling (Germany), at Southwark Playhouse, London;
Children in Wartime
, 3 contemporary plays including Myrad Boy from Bosnia by Ad de Bont (The Netherlands), produced in association with the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA);
and Theatre Café Festival 2008, our biannual new European writing festival in association with Unicorn Theatre and Southwark Playhouse.

The company not only produces shows but also initiates innovative projects and new models of work. Theatre Café Festival (2008), Theatre Café (2004), Theatre Café Europe (2007) and our Young Europe (2004) season have successfully brought new foreign plays to UK audiences; Asylum Seeker Narratives and its successor Project R are community schemes that directly involve young people; the GAP Theatre Project, a unique peer-mentoring initiative, having finished its third successful run in 2007, has been expanded to create the Gap Theatre Project Teacher Training.

Company of Angels also actively nurtures and supports emerging artists through the Young Angels programmes and the Angels Associates scheme. 

Current publications available:

Apples
by John Retallack (adaptation of Richard Milward's debut novel)
Theatre Café Plays One including Invasion! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, This Child by Joel Pommerat and Respect by Lutz Huebner (Oberon)
Theatre Café Plays Two
including Blowing by Joeren van den Berg, Sense Anja Hilling and Nightblind by Darja Stocker
Company of Angels: Four Plays by John Retallack (Oberon)
Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors featuring Sweetpeter by John Retallack (Methuen)