Creative Tides

An award-winning comedian and director based in Broadstairs, Kent.  A graduate of the prestigious Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris, France and The Free Association in London, Christiaan has honed his craft under the tutelage of some of the most celebrated figures in contemporary clowning and comedy, including Spymonkey, Carlo Jacucci, Mick Barnfather, Deanna Fleysher and Viggo Venn.

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‘Treeeeee’ chronicles a tree’s life journey, from pine cone to ancient giant. Through mostly wordless performance, Christiaan Hendriksen brings to life the joys and challenges of a tree’s existence. The show compresses this epic saga into a 20-minute experience, using inventive staging and humor to highlight the importance of trees and forests. With its blend of movement and creativity, ‘Treeeeee’ offers a unique perspective on nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the vital roles trees play in our world.

Delilah Dennett is a writer and performer. She recently participated in the Centre 59 performance programme, which was curated by Daniel Kaluuya. Dennett's one-woman dramatic play 'A Mother's Monologue' reached the final reading rounds for open submission calls at Theatre503 and Bush Theatre (beating out over 800 other plays for the latter). Her short play 'ShadowSkinDraper' reached the longest for the Broken Silence Theatre Voices From Home festival. 

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One night, Mother returns home aggravated and distressed. She is alone. She is far from her homeland. And she has been estranged from her adult daughter for 13 years. Pacing her flat throughout the night, Mother has a story to share. From her tumultuous upbringing in Inner Mongolia as the child of two ethnic cleansing survivors, to her difficulty adjusting to life in Britain, Mother will tell her life story, all leading up to a devastating reveal. A new play about generational trauma and how conflict shapes parenting practice, 'A Mother's Monologue' offers a unique insight into motherhood as experienced by East Asian women and compel audiences with its deeply flawed but sympathetic protagonist.

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Laure Meloy is a dramatic soprano specialising in challenging 20th and 21st century opera. Recent engagements include making her debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at the Grimeborn Festival in London, breaking a Guinness World Record with Donne’s Let HER MUSIC Play, and the recording One Art, winner of the Hawai'i Public Radio International Art Song Contest. She has worked internationally with companies such as the Metropolitan Opera of New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hungarian State Opera, English National Opera, and Welsh National Opera.​

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Alma/Doll: a lyric cabaret, is the story of the life-sized effigy - commissioned by her ex-lover - of Austrian composer Alma Mahler, told from the perspective of the doll’s maker Hermine Moos, Alma, and the Doll itself. What does it mean to be the object of someone’s obsession? Is Alma the victim or the heroine of the tale? How would you react, if your image was made into an object? We eavesdrop on an imaginary conversation between the women at the centre of this footnote of art history, using recollections from Alma’s autobiography, letters to and from Hermine, verbatim testimony from modern day women, and music from Alma’s compositions.​​​

Lizzie Willis is a performer and theatremaker living in Canterbury. Her previous one woman show - Baby Elephant in the Room - began at a scratch event hosted by Looping the Loop and was developed into a full length show performed at The Gulbenkian Theatre.

Lizzie has also performed in Dastardly Deal, Marlowe's Women and Macbeth with ReShake Theatre and teaches Performing Arts locally. She is particularly interested in exploring Verbatim & Physical Theatre and enjoys working in non-traditional theatre spaces.

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image: Danny Burrows

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Join Lizzie as she delves into Menopause head first. This moving and comedic one woman show explores the 'change' using verbatim accounts and physical theatre. This extract may be developed further to create a full length show next year. You might not know whether to laugh or cry but at least we'll be on the rollercoaster together...hold on to your Bridget pants: we are in for a bumpy ride!

A C.I.C Based in Thanet, Kent, funded by Arts Council England currently having a book published with Black Dog Press with photography and interviews. We also make short films. We direct, design and produce theatre shows, and collaborate with other companies and youth community groups. Our shows are devised by the company and collaborators, use original soundtracks, movement and text. We believe circus and movement can sometimes portray emotion better than words alone. Catrin first developed Being Boring at Screaming Alley open mic nights and part of it was made into a sound installation for Ramsgate Festival of Sound and played in the toilets of the Artillery Arms. 

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When her partner runs off with her pilates teacher Angie Sandra is left bereft and broke. But when Dave re locates his music studio from Margate to her box room in Ramsgate a musical collaboration is born. A keenly observed darkly humorous take on living in 2020's post pandemic Britain

Sage Instinct is a Hip Hop Artist (Dancer) from Medway Kent. Training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theatre & Street Dance before becoming a Hip Hop Artist at 17. After spending about 8 years performing in various shows & competitions, performing on various music video & film productions, teaching & choreographing at dance schools & small companies across the country, Sage settled for a career in his home county Kent and now works for the International Contemporary Physical-Theatre Dance Company 'Jasmin Vardimon Company' in Ashford, as well as working for MCDC in Folkestone & continuing to teach across the county on occasion.

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Southern Arrow is a 20 minute piece exploring the idea of Lost. The piece is a culmination of 10 short explorative scenes, each with a different take on the theme of lost, some are more subtle interpretations, and some are more physical. At the same time as having 10 different takes, it has an underlying storyline open to interpretation that binds the piece together. Hip Hop is the artistic practice used to convey these ideas and structure in the piece, as well as making it visually fun & aurally interesting. Southern Arrow is a fun light hearted piece, but has many layers for the trained-eye to unpack.

Symoné is a Guinness World Record-holding circus artist, video game designer, and creative director known for pushing the boundaries of circus performance. Combining high-heeled roller skating, hula hoops, and pole dance, she creates high-energy, surreal shows that have captivated audiences worldwide. . She has worked with artists and companies such as Instagram, Peaches, Jon Hopkins, Taylor Mac, Guinness World Records, ASOS, Soho House, Kurt Geiger, Britain’s Got Talent, Paul Smith, Omi, and Samsung. In addition, she's been featured in publications like Time Out, Instagram Editorial, Gay Times, QX Magazine, Diva, and The Stage. Highlights of her career include performing with Nile Rodgers, on West End stages, and at Trinidad’s largest concert, Machel Monday. 

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Nullspace Motel is a glitchy spiraling journey using performance art and circus about the enigmatic depth of the unconscious mind. Through projected broken videogame worlds and surreal pole dance, a new space is opened up for reflecting on identity, the body, memories, and dreaming.