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The last two sources don't even mention Wildcard. DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:17, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Wildcard Theatre Company edit

Main info edit

Wildcard Theatre Company was a multi-award-winning touring theatre company based in Central London. It was formed in October 2015 by a number of graduates from The Oxford School of Drama.

Wildcard Collective Ltd registered with companies house October 2015. It was formed by a number of graduates from The Oxford School of Drama. In 2016, to drive the company forward, Joey Dawson was appointed CEO and James Meteyard was appointed Artistic Director^[1] Later that year, Wildcard Collect Ltd was granted charitable status through the Charity Commision. Wildcard also became Pleasance Associate Artistes. In 2021, Tom Ratcliffe and Jenna Fincken took over as Executive Directors.

Wildcard’s aim was to vitalise theatre to engage new audiences and provide a home for emerging artists. They achieved this through their productions that performed across the UK (including Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Southwark Playhouse): their heavily subsidised rehearsal studios that operated out of the heart of Westminster; and through their artist development/educational programmes which operate both locally and nationally.

Wildcard Theatre Company announced closure of the company 2023.^[2]

Productions edit


Production	Written by	Directed by	Produced by	Venue	Toured	Year	Awards	Notes
A Midsummer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	James Meteyard	Joey Dawson	Broadway Theatre & Brockley Jack Studio Theatre	2015	2015	N/A	[1]
After Party	James Meteyard	Cat Robey	Joey Dawson	Pleasance Theatre	N/A	2017	N/A	N/A
The Cat’s Mother	Erica Murary	Jackie Fisher	Joey Dawson	Vaults & Edinburgh Festival	N/A	2018	Highly Commended Award - Vault Festival 2018	[2]
17	Frankie Meredith	Balisha Karra & Finley-Rose Townsend	Joey Dawson	Vaults	N/A	2018	N/A	[3]
Electrolyte	Wrier: James Meteyard Lyrics & Music: Maimuna Memon	Donnacadh O’Briain	Joey Dawson	Edinburgh Festival, Pleasance Dome	N/A	2018	LET Award 2018, Mental Health Fringe Award , The Stepladder Award, The Voice Mag Pick of The Fringe Award and Pleasance Best Newcomer Award 2018	[4]
Electrolyte	Wrier: James Meteyard Lyrics & Music: Maimuna Memon	Donnacadh O’Briain	Joey Dawson	Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Pleasance Courtyard (Forth), Pleasance Theatre (Islington), Latitude Festival, Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, Unity Theatre, HOME Manchester, Tobacco Factory, New Diorama Theatre, Electric Theatre, Theatre Royal Winchester, New Theatre Royal Portsmouth, Theatre Severn, Nottingham Playhouse, Sherman Theatre, Norwich Playhouse, Carriageworks Theatre, Selby Town Hall, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Stephen Joseph Theatre, York Theatre Royal, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Axis Theatre Dublin, Tron Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Theatr Clwyd, Loco Klub, Watermill Theatre, Marlowe Theatre and North Wall Arts Centre.	Yes	2019	N/A	N/A
Four of a Kind	PAGE HALL: THE IMMIGRANTS MUSICAL by Hassun El-Zafar THE SYSTEM by Kit Sinclair DOG HAIR/PEARL DOVE by Seventh Sense Theatre Company BULLRING TECHNO MAKEOUT JAMZ by Nathan Queeley-Dennis		Jenna Fincken	Vaults Festival	N/A	2020	N/A	Due to COVID 19, this production was cancelled
Signal	James Meteyard and Maimuna Memon	James Meteyard	N/A	Online Video	N/A	2020	N/A	N/A
Tempest	Adapted by James Meteyard	James Meteyard	Wildcard and Pleasance Theatre	Pleasance, London		2022	Off West End Awards nomination for Sound Design
Evelyn	Tom Ratcliffe	Madelaine Moore	Metal Rabbit Productions and Tom Ratcliffe	Southwark Playhouse		2022		[5]
Ruckus	Jenna Fincken	Georgia Green	oey Dawson and Jenna Fincken	Edinburgh Fringe, Summerhall		2022	WhatsOnStage Nomination for Best Off-West End Production ^[3], Popcorn Writing Award 1st Finalist 2022 ^[4] , Off West End Awards nomination for Lead Performance in a Play, Summerhall Lustrum Award, Shortlisted for The Filipa Bragança Award	[6]

The Company edit

Founding Members & Associate Artists (2015 - 2023)

Tom Ratcliffe | Co-Executive Director (2021-2023), Producer, Writer
Jenna Fincken | Co-Executive Director (2021-2023), Producer, Writer
Joey Dawson | CEO (2016-2021), Producer, Director Associate Artist
James Meteyard | Artistic Director (2016-2021),
Megan Pemberton | Studio Manager (2021-2022),
Emily Stott | Workshop & Course Co-ordinator (2020-2022
Tom Crowhurst | Educational Coordinator (2020-2021)
Maimuna Memon | Resident Composer, Writer
Paul Hilliar | Communications Advisor
Josh Leese | Literary Supervisor
Gabriella Margulies | Associate Artist
Luke W. Robson | Resident Designer

Trustee’s

2016 - 2023 - Harriet O'Rourke, Sara Houghton and Ehsan Haque
2016 - 2019 - Andrew McBean

^ "Wildcard Theatre at Edinburgh: 'We want to empower the disenfranchised'". The Stage. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "the stage wildcard closure - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "Nominations in full: the 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ Khomami, Nadia; Arts, Nadia Khomami; correspondent, culture (2022-08-25). "'Beautiful and tender': Brown Boys Swim wins Edinburgh fringe Popcorn award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[1] "Wildcard Theatre at Edinburgh: 'We want to empower the disenfranchised'". The Stage. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[2] "the stage wildcard closure - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[3] "Nominations in full: the 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[4] Khomami, Nadia; Arts, Nadia Khomami; correspondent, culture (2022-08-25). "'Beautiful and tender': Brown Boys Swim wins Edinburgh fringe Popcorn award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

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