The Company
Patrons: Finty Williams & Alan Cox
OUR HISTORY
The Bunbury Banter Theatre Company was created by Glennon Anderson (also known by her real name Ali Anderson-Dyer) & Samantha O Shea in the autumn of 2006, since when it has grown in size considerably! After Series One of our Radio Plays we were joined in the company by Jake Butt, a cracking writer and Philip Anderson-Dyer, our wonderful Company Producer.
In 2008 we were lucky enough to work with Tim Conner and Corin Giles who both made massive strides forward with the marketing/funding of the company.
In 2009, having said a fond farewell to our wonderful marketing people (who both have moved on to even more exciting arenas outside the world of audio drama) we welcomed three new members in the shape of Gareth Brown, Andrew Thompson and Henry Douthwaite. With our team growing 2009 was a busy year behind the scenes for the radio plays; we also launched our Bunbanter Saturday School in Ealing, West London and our Workshops for schools programme 'Whisper in your ear'.
Now in 2010 we can finally announce the apointment of a new Creative Producer in the shape of the hugely talented director, Samuel Miller. Sam joins the team at the start of an extremely busy, exciting year for Bunbanter and we look forward to the different directions he pushes our work.
As always, a massive thanks goes to John Dyer who continues as company secretary.
THE WORK WE DO
Bunbanter (our nick name) works to deliver imaginative, immersive and engaging theatre of all kinds specialising in the area of new writing. We aim to make theatre of all types accessible to new audiences and new talent alike.
We currently produce an ongoing series' of short atmospheric radio dramas...With which we are continually breaking new barriers of quality and honing the art of capturing peoples attention through the airways. We work with a large number of new writers, superb Directors and Editors with varying genres of plays. Each Series works in a rep style with a new cast, so you can always be guaranteed to hear some of the best voices around!
Visit the Radio plays section to find out more and hear some clips of past series'.
We also teach the next generation about drama and audio work by delivering workshops and classes for schools and organisations various. We teach both our own processes and our tecniques alongside the current curriculum. We organize and deliver a diverse choice of classes to suit kids from 4 years to adults. We also have our own Saturday Theatre School which works across the various subjects including singing, dance, drama and media classes. We aim to be different from other organisations focusing on our students confidence and development while encoraging them to try out different experiances such as radio and TV, stage combat, muscial theatre and productions on a proffesional stage. Due to being a working company our education department benifits from working with theatre professionals who are not only aware of the current trends but making them!
Have a look at the Education pages for more information.
