Celebrating 25 Years, Big Telly is the longest established professional theatre company in Northern Ireland.
The company’s range and scale of work is unparalleled, with its reputation for innovation built upon distinctive professional theatre productions which tour nationally and internationally; creative collaborations; and pioneering community-based participation projects. We concentrate on the visual potential of theatre through fusion with other art forms such as dance, music, circus, magic and film to create a unique sense of spectacle.

LATEST NEWS...

Melmoth the Wanderer
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2 - 25 August

edin

Joyful choir practice hijacked by tormented despot turns into a random playground of the bizarre, with tragic and surprisingly hilarious consequences. Masks, dodgy German accents and a table of death. Scary bits, sad bits, funny as hell.
Tickets now on sale from www.arfringe.com

Tour schedule
Blackwood Miners Institute 4th September
The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny 5th September
The Riverfront, Newport 6th September
The MAC, Belfast 10th – 14th September

What the critics said:
“sits within the peculiarly zany, surreal tradition of Irish humour”
“fast, edgy, provocative”... “darkly comic”
Irish Theatre Magazine

“anarchic comedy-horror”... “brilliant physical work”
The Herald, Scotland

“beyond mere spectacle...confidence and passion”
“fast-paced direction...talented cast”
The Stage

What the audiences said:
“Funny as hell!!!”
“Perfect combination of horror and comedy.”
"engaging and highly energised”
“scary and thrilling to watch”


Get involved...

The BOXset seniors

29th July - 3rd August 2pm - 5pm
Performers aged 11-18 yrs
Course fee £25

Different types of performance including street theatre, mask work, installations, invisible theatre and flash mobs. Making interesting work and getting it out there while it’s fresh.

The BOXset juniors

29th July - 3rd August 10am - 12noon
Children currently in P5, P6 & P7
Course fee £25

This group will focus on warm up games, creative play, story telling, physical theatre and improvisation. This will encourage personal development through skills such as improving communication, teamwork, leadership and delegation in a creative and fun environment.

Places must be reserved in advance. Please email collette@big-telly.com, call on 02870831782 or tweet us @BigTellyNI #boxset



In Development - THE BOX

THEBOX
Big Telly's space on Portstewart Promenade. A shared creative space where anyone can make anything happen anytime.

We would like to thank Roughans for letting us use this space and our core funders The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Coleraine Borough Council.

Keep checking Big Telly's Facebook page and website for further details.



Watch the trailer for The Little Mermaid

(seen by an audience of 30,000 throughout Ireland and the UK as well as in Taiwan, Serbia and Denmark).






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