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.

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 Emma is a producer, writer and dramaturg. She is Co-Artistic Director of Antic Productions, a freelance producer for the National Theatre and a consultant for Extended Play Productions. Current projects include the upcoming production of The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at the Kiln Theatre in collaboration with Damsel Productions and Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet at Sadler’s Wells with Universal Music Group. She 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, Baby Reindeer (postponed due to Covid-19), All About Eve and The Jungle. She has produced all of Antic Productions’ work to date including the UK premieres of Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties and School Play (Southwark Playhouse), For Those Who Cry When They Hear the Foxes Scream (Tristan Bates) and Hippolytos (V&A Museum). Antic also produce work for screen including the award-winning short film, Full English, and present drag and cabaret nights such as Crystal Presents: The Bible 2 (Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre) and Carmina Victoriana (Wilton’s Music Hall). Emma is s Stage One Bursary recipient and an ambassador for Turtle Key Arts. 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