About Us

Theatre Without Walls have been producing award winning projects and productions since 2002. We have partnered with some of the UK and Ireland’s leading venues to bring the arts to more young people and community groups than ever.  We are based in Northern Ireland and work across the UK and Ireland.

In addition to producing our own creative work, we consult for charities, local authorities, businesses and arts organisations including national museums and regional theatres. We also provide subsidised education and community access to our services directly to schools and community organisations.

Our schools programme has been devised by teachers to provide flexible and targeted workshops and training that is geared towards schools needs. We can offer schools cost effective block booking options-so we can deliver several different workshops on a single school visit.

We continue to foster and develop engaging theatre events. Our work is about interpreting & exploring & sharing the world around us. We can deal with difficult issues, identity, heritage, community engagement & the choices faced by individuals and society. We bring our expertise to business, local government, education and community sectors. We favour new interactive work and we see artistic creativity as an integral part of, rather than as separate to society.

This website aims to give an overview of what we do and the services we provide, however, the vast majority of our work is created on a bespoke and innovation orientated basis to client specifications- so we hope you find what you are looking for but if not please do ask!

Thank you & keep safe, keep busy and keep in touch!

Genevieve Swift & Jason Parkes

Co-founders of Theatre Without Walls

  • Don Quixote and Dulcinea
    Don Quixote
  • Street Theatre Performance
    Theatre Without Walls produce live street theatre productions.
  • Four young people from a media project.
    Four young people working on one of our media projects.
  • A performer in historical costume at RHS Wisley
    History comes alive! Historical performances.
  • A press photograph for the play Desert Island Books
    Desert Island Books
  • A promo shot for the production of The Hold
    Genevieve Swift and Anna Burns in The Hold
  • A storyteller with school children at a library.
    Storytelling
  • A group of care home residents doing a drama role play activity.
    Drama in care homes.
  • Two young actors perform in a studio theatre
    Youth Theatre Production
  • A group of students taking part in a drama workshop
    Drama Workshops

Clients

We are proud to have provided our services to numerous arts organisations, charities and businesses. There are links to some of our past and current clients.

Arts Care BBC Cheltenham Everyman Oxford Playhouse Ashmolean Museum National Museums Northern Ireland BNL Productions The Prince’s Trust The MAC Royal Horticultural Society National Trust The Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Big Telly ITV Canal & Rivers Trust Apollo History of Science Museum UK Forestry Commission Ulster Hall Reachout Productions Bath Theatre Royal RSPB Glamorgan Council PRONI WH SMITH HSCNI-Belfast Trust Stroud District Council Belfast City Council Cambridge City Council Armagh, Banbridge Craigavon Council Gloucester City Council Libraries NI Shakespeare Schools Festival The Jennifer Trust/ SMAUK The Home Farm Trust Ecclesiastical Insurance Group The Nelson Trust Prema Arts Chipping Norton Theatre Beatrix Potter Museum New Lodge Arts Arts for All Goal Line YMCA Corinium Museum Colwell Arts Centre Banbury Mill Arts Centre National Youth Theatre Youth Music Action End Of The Road Festival Wychwood Festival Hampton Court Magic Breakfast Teachers TV The National Archives Gloucestershire Libraries The Linenhall Library Kingshill House Arts Centre Edinburgh International Book Festival Royal Air Tattoo The Ulster Scots Agency Museum In The Park Historic Royal Palaces Oxford Island Nature Reserve Accidental Theatre Lydney State Circus The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury The Old Fire Station, Oxford University of Ulster