New Writing SouthTheatre Producers
OXFORDSHIRE TOURING THEATRE COMPANY
Company Mission Statement:
High quality, challenging, entertaining and accessible theatre - that seeks to reflect the diversity of our world - for audiences in community venues.
BIG THEATRE in small spaces…OTTC is a small scale (mainly rural) touring company based in Oxford. They play small, non-theatre venues like village halls and community centres and currently have three target audiences: families (6+), adults (15+) and older people (65+)
The good news and the bad news: the artistic director is a writer! So: lots of understanding about the process but only one commission from an outside writer per year. The company don’t usually commission treatments and like to develop ongoing relationships with writers. Ideas might come from anywhere/anyone but they’re generally programmed at least eighteen months ahead to allow commissioned writers plenty of breathing space and time for development. The company simply don’t have the resources to deal adequately with unsolicited scripts but are always interested to hear from playwrights about their work and ideas.