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As the Summer touring comes to a sleepy end and all the costumes, props, feathers and masks are packed away, the company are grabbing a well earned rest. Already, of course, plans are afoot for later in the year, and next year’s diary is beginning to fill up. Before then there is a trip to … Read more

Well now, our Artistic Director person, Kinny Gardner, has been spending the last while in front of the movie camera’s! He’s playing the lively role of ‘Lover Pip’ in a new feature film ‘PROMENADE’, to be released in 2025. Set in the Kat’s own home town of sunny Brighton it’s a mystery tale that happens … Read more

As we approach the New Year’s planning, our office has been caught up in a lot of new and exciting projects. A few will be advertised soon! However, we can tell you that it looks as if a new touring show will be out and about in the Summer, and a set of workshops will … Read more

After such a busy summer, with the ‘Hearing George, Deaf Dragon’ tour having clocked up a lot of miles, we are back in the office and planning the next set of shenanigans. And, as we start to begin the much and many preparations for a brand new Kat-show, here’s a publicity shot (by P G … Read more

We are delighted to announce that the company have received a very encouraging grant from Arts Council England for our tour, out on the road later this year, of a new workshop experience ‘Hearing George -Deaf Dragon’. With the current maelstrom in the international arts funding world, Krazy Kat is so pleased to be recognised … Read more

All of us at the Krazy Kat Theatre Company send seasonal wishes and joy to the world. As we slide gently towards the wonder that will be 2023 we are looking forward to more delights and many shenanigans!

As part of our ongoing teaching work Kinny was invited to write a memory of how we first started using Sign Language in our work. It has now been published in this delightful online magazine ‘Zannizine’. This is a photo by Robert Workman from that very first signed show ‘Cacophony’ with Kinny Gardner as Arlechinno … Read more

Not the one in this photo, though. ‘WOLF!’ is our new workshop tour which is out on the road later this year. We are writing, scheming, plotting and planning to get it out and about throughout the UK. In the meantime, this lovely archive photo was taken by Sue Buckmaster in the 1990’s when Alastair … Read more

However, it’s not! On 1st April 2022 The Krazy Kat Theatre Company is forty years old. We’ve seen a lot of changes in the International Theatre scene, and have contributed quite a bit to the ecology of community based, disabled – led, arts in the UK. Here’s a statement that our original Company treasurer, the … Read more

Taking over the lead role in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ at London’s Palace Theatre in the West End is our own Jim Fish. Actor and co-creator with Krazy Kat for many years, he has been in the Harry Potter company for a while, and now steps up to play the great man himself. … Read more