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Kindness. Competence. Vision.

Accessible, female-led theatre producing.

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About Us

Thistle And Rose Arts is a female-led, commercial theatre producing company which holds itself to a different standard. We pride ourselves on being kind, professional women who love what we do and make exciting, high-quality work.

Our core values include integrity, accessibility, education and championing queer women and non-binary people on and off stage. We’re a lot of fun to be around too!

Our company was born from our founder Hannah’s equal passion for and frustration with the theatre industry. We believe strongly in becoming a partner our artists really trust to help realise their vision and demystifying the profession of producing for others.

My Father The Tantric Masseur - Arcola Theatre, 2021

Top Secret House Party - Vault and Soho Rising Festivals, 2019

What We Can Offer You:

  • We work with artists in lots of ways.

    Sometimes we’re just a friendly face and voice to come to for advice or solidarity. Maybe you have a production or an idea for a production and you’d like to pitch it to us?

    Wherever you’re at, you can head to our contact form to get in touch.

  • Yay! This is exciting. You could come and talk to us for some advice, a work placement if we can offer it or a bit of the ol’ networking. We’re here for it!

    Head over to the contact form to get in touch.

  • Hey there! If you’re looking for a collaboration, co-production, advice, or any other kind of meeting, head to the contact page and tell us all about it.

    We even have a hiring waitlist you can join if you’re interested in when we’re next taking on new staff!

  • Thank you for making your way here! We have all kinds of fulfilling and lucrative opportunities for you to invest in and support our shows at a level which suits you.

    If you’re enquiring about an active raise, the best thing for you to do is contact our founder Hannah Crawford directly on:

    hannah [at] thistleandrosearts [dot] co [dot] uk

    or

    +44 7594 541 334

  • Hello! Are you a programmer, artistic director or producer looking to talk about a show?

    Maybe you’re on the hunt for an event speaker or a mentor for your community development scheme participants.

    We offer all sorts to venues and orgs. Drop us a line via the form on the Contact page.

  • For all press enquiries please contact our Assistant Producer, Aoife on:

    aoife [at] thistleandrosearts [dot] co [dot] uk

“I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything so it can fall into place.” – Susan Stroman