ABOUT

MISSION & BRIEF HISTORY

Antic is a production company that champions vital work and innovative artists. We develop and produce projects that promote collaboration and new perspectives, elevating stories that demand to be told today.

Antic is currently developing its first musical in collaboration with Bristol Old Vic, Longshot Films and Playtone. Starter for Ten, an adaptation of David Nicholl’s bestselling novel and the cult HBO/Playtone film, will receive its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic in February/March 2024.

Founded as ‘Antic Face’ in 2014, the company’s inaugural production of Hippolytos was staged in a found space under the Victoria and Albert Museum. With a focus on new writing, Antic went on to produce two world premieres, For Those Who Cry When They Hear The Foxes Scream (Tristan Bates) and School Play (Southwark Playhouse), and the acclaimed UK premiere of Jen Silverman’s Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties (Southwark Playhouse). Other work has included cabaret varieties such as Carmina Victoriana (Wilton’s Music Hall), Tom Rasmussen’s Crystal Presents: The Bible 2 (Underbelly & Soho Theatre) and, for screen, award-winning short film Full English. 

CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

EMMA HALL is a producer, writer and dramaturg. She is Co-Artistic Director of Antic Productions, a consultant producer at Kindred Partners and an associate producer for Eel Pie Productions. She previously spent four years at Sonia Friedman Productions as a Production & Creative Development Associate where her work on shows in the West End included Anna X, The Comeback, The Shark is Broken, All About Eve and The Jungle. She has produced all of Antic Productions’ work to date including Carmina Victoriana (Wilton’s Music Hall), Collective Rage: A Play In Five Betties (Southwark Playhouse), School Play (Southwark Playhouse), For Those Who Cry When They Hear The Foxes Scream (Tristan Bates) and Hippolytos (V&A). Emma has previously worked at London Theatre Company, as an Associate Producer at Found 111 and as Editor for New Writing at Oberon Books. She is a Stage One Bursary recipient. emma@anticproductions.co.uk

CHARLIE PARHAM is a director and writer working across theatre and film, with a focus on new writing, adaptation and musicals. He is currently directing Antic’s new musical adaptation of Starter For Ten, also co-writing book and lyrics. He recently worked as Second Unit Director on the Take That-inspired musical film Greatest Days. Stage directing work for Antic includes Carmina Victoriana (Wilton’s Music Hall), Collective Rage: A Play In Five Betties (Southwark Playhouse), School Play (Southwark Playhouse), For Those Who Cry When They Hear The Foxes Scream (Tristan Bates) and Hippolytos (V&A). As writer/performer in drag supergroup DENIM, Charlie toured throughout the UK to diverse venues including Glastonbury, Latitude, Soho Theatre, Underbelly, the Almeida and Trafalgar Studios. He has directed musical cabarets at Wilton’s Music Hall, Arts Theatre West End and Florence’s Boboli Gardens. For screen, Charlie directed musical special The Night Watchmen’s Nativity (Sky Arts). His short films Exit Eve, Full English and Nightstand have received official selection at festivals worldwide. One of his first jobs working on ITV’s live production of The Sound Of Music inspired Charlie to foster connections between stage and screen – an interest he nurtured as a broadcast producer at the National Theatre. charlie@anticproductions.co.uk