About Us

Shaky Isles Theatre is the UK's only New Zealand theatre company presenting cutting edge work in London. Shaky Isles Theatre is dedicated to presenting culturally diverse and innovative theatre in the UK and giving New Zealand theatre artists and playwrights a platform for their work in the UK and abroad.

We produce works that share with audiences the richness of New Zealand culture but select plays on the basis of transferability in order to reach the widest possible audience. We are a non-profit organistion and have been operating since November 2006.

Scripts are provided from Playmarket - New Zealand's only playwrights' agency & script advisory service www.playmarket.org.nz Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Playmarket is at the heart of New Zealand theatre and have not only been providing the scripts, but also advice, contacts and support. To the wonderful team, we are eternally grateful!

"We're a culturally distinct, vibrant but young theatre culture with lots of stories to tell and forms to explore"

Mark Amery - Director of Playmarket, New Zealand

SessioNz

SessioNz are our monthly play readings, and a core part of Shaky Isles Theatre. SessioNz takes place in the evenings of every second Monday of the month at a central London location. It is an opportunity to read through a New Zealand play and afterwards discuss the work and its UK production potential. For more information about SessioNz please click on Events.

Here, There and Everywhere...

Shaky Isles Theatre also looks to take new work from the UK to produce in New Zealand, sharing with Kiwi audiences stories of the diverse vibrancy of British culture. We look to extend this exchange between NZ and UK theatre industries by facilitating creative exchanges for individual theatre practitioners, theatre companies, and drama schools.