Meet-the-team Wednesday with... Theatre Maker and Performer Tessa Bide!
Kicking off our season of 'Meet-the-team' live interviews is Artistic Director of Tessa Bide Productions... Tessa Bide! Tessa talked live about her job as a theatre maker, performer and producer. Ever wondered what it's like performing in the Royal Albert Hall, or how to publish your children's book? Ask Tessa!
As well as working as a performer and director for other companies,
Tessa has made eight Arts Council England-funded family-theatre productions with her own company: 'The Tap Dancing Mermaid', 'Arnold’s Big
Adventure', 'The Melody Makers', 'A Strange New Space’, ‘Perfect', ‘The
Selfish Giant’, 'The Anarchist's Mobile Library' and 'Bob'. Her productions combine an original story with a topical theme and use puppetry, physical theatre and music to tell it in a dynamic and unforgettable way. Tessa is an Associate Artist of The Omnibus Theatre (Clapham) and Puppet Place in Bristol and a resident facilitator of The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath. Recent work for other companies has included performing in 'Wow! Said the Owl' by Little Angel Theatre and 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' by Soap Soup Theatre and Open Attic Company; Puppetry Direction for The Egg's 'Afraid to Ask' Directed by Tim Bell; and Puppetry Direction and Performer in Pontardawe Arts Centre's 'King of The Sky. Tessa is also Co-Artistic Director of Lady Strong's Bonfire, alongside Tomasin Cuthbert and Liz Hart.
If you have a question to pose to Tessa, please write it in the comments.
If you'd like to donate to keep our company afloat, please do so on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tessabide.