It is with sadness and concern for our artists that we will be postponing this production

We hope to re-program this production in 2021 and trust you will understand the need for this decision at this time.

We strongly encourage anyone who has bought a ticket to consider making this a donation to the artists involved. This is a very unnerving time for all, but the independent arts sector is, as always, particularly vulnerable. The artists have been working very hard and we hope to support them as best as we can. We have set up the possibility of donating directly to artists.


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A manifesto for finding your voice and the power that comes with using it.

…she joined the chorus of the sea-doomed and sung the song that only sirens do, thrashing her tail and howling for herself.

The Mermaid i​s a​ reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s ​The Little Mermaid​, ​created by an award-winning intergenerational team of teenage and adult theatre makers. ​Their re-telling traces the journey of a fifteen year old mermaid and her transformation, obsession, sacrifice, self-destruction and self-actualisation. ​A tragicomedy ​with a teenage chorus that has a screaming vision for a hopeful tomorrow.

★★★★1/2

‘Fumi’s direction is focused on flowing, highly disciplined choreographed physicality powering the work’

– The Barefoot Review

Created by:​ Cassandra Fumi and Tennessee Mynott-Rudland
Devised with and performed by: ​Allegra Di Lallo, Harriet Lawson-Acar, An Dang, Theo Boltman, Casper Plum, Margaret Mills and Emily Goddard
Director:​ Cassandra Fumi
Stage Manager: ​Tennessee Mynott-Rudland
Composer​: Chrisopher Bolton
Set and Costume Designer:​ Dann Barber
Lighting Designer: ​Rachel Burke
Dramaturgy​: Vidya Rajan
Assistant Director:​ Tove Due
Image by ​Casper Plum