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WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY OF PERFORMANCE DESIGN AND MAKING PRACTICES TODAY

Suzi Dorey

INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO INVENT NEW PRACTICES FOR THE FUTURE

Elroy Ashmore
Photo: The Secret Garden

THE HIERARCHIES ARE DISSOLVING

Andie Scott

OUR CREATIVE BORDERS ARE POROUS

Jasmine Swan

WE BUILD THE CONTENT

Alison Brown

WE MAKE THE MEMORIES

Holly McCarthy

WE ARE ALL THE STORYTELLERS NOW

Kritika Agarwal
Photo: Paola Mateeva
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ABTT SHOW 2025

Come and say hello in person at the ABTT Show 2025, once again taking place at the stunning Alexandra Palace on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th June. The ABTT Theatre Show 2025 is the exhibition where the broadest collection of...

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ABTT SHOW 2025
Sasha Gilmour, Photo credit Kirsty Barlow
ABTT SHOW 2025

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