The Taught by an Idiot programme

The Taught by an Idiot participation programme offers a range of opportunities to engage with us and to join a growing community of Idiots. In the same way as our productions, our participation projects and workshops are playful, anarchic, spontaneous and we strive to make them accessible to everyone and anyone. If you have a sense of openness, curiosity and the desire to play, you're likely to enjoy a Told by an Idiot workshop or project!

We regularly design and deliver projects for children and young people (both in and outside of school), theatre makers at all stages of their careers and a variety of different communities across the UK and beyond, with a particular interest in working with people who face barriers to participating and contributing to the arts industry.

We tell stories, we take creative risks and we include everyone

Latest

A Conspiracy of Boredom

A collection of musings on theatre from our Artistic Director, Paul Hunter
Idiot Show Archive

your opportunity to see a different Idiot show each week
Idiots in Isolation

As we all live through these extraordinary times of constraint we have put together an exciting programme of activity that responds to our current sense of isolation and allows people to continue to engage with our work digitally.
Top 10 Films that inspire the Idiots

Film has always been a seminal influence on our work, we are fascinated by movies but we’ve never sought to imitate them. Over the past twenty seven years we have created performances that explore the ways in which film uses visual storytelling, rhythm, music, editing, and ambiguity. Here are ten movies that have left their mark on Told by an Idiot, and which we think are worth having a look at during these days of quarantine.

Idiot Show Archive

your opportunity to see a different Idiot show each week
Amalia Vitale on being an actor that doesn’t speak…much. At least not in a normal way.

Amalia Vitale shares her interest in working with linguistic restrictions, voicing Lula in the new Shaun the Sheep film Farmageddon, and the joys of playing Charlie Chaplin in 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel'.
Week 3: The role of the designer

Ioana Curelea shares her thoughts and process behind designing the set for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel'. Including why, at one point in the process, she considered moving to Nepal...
Idiots in Isolation

As we all live through these extraordinary times of constraint we have put together an exciting programme of activity that responds to our current sense of isolation and allows people to continue to engage with our work digitally.
Week 2: The past interrupts the present, reality turns into fantasy, fantasy turns into reality

Andrea Cabrera Luna, Assistant Director for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel' gives us a sneak peek into week two of rehearsals...
The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel

Touring across the UK and in Luxembourg from November 2019 - March 2020.
Week 1: Rehearsals begin!

Andrea Cabrera Luna, Assistant Director for 'The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel' gives us a sneak peek into week one of rehearsals...
Week 4: Taking risks and not tiring, even up to the final minute

'Every actor in the cast is a brilliant improvisor and they complement each other in a unique dynamism. I notice they are “yes and” actors. I watch them trying different options and taking risks throughout the day, not tiring even up to the final minute.' Welcome to week 4 of rehearsals...
Top 10 Films that inspire the Idiots

Film has always been a seminal influence on our work, we are fascinated by movies but we’ve never sought to imitate them. Over the past twenty seven years we have created performances that explore the ways in which film uses visual storytelling, rhythm, music, editing, and ambiguity. Here are ten movies that have left their mark on Told by an Idiot, and which we think are worth having a look at during these days of quarantine.
What we do

Told by an Idiot explores the human condition through theatre that is bigger than life. We take creative risks, we tell universal stories & we include everyone.