We are a West Midlands-based theatre company co-founded by Antonia Parker Smith and Marcus Paragpuri. We focus on empowering communites to tell their stories, performing research in an engaging and accessible way, and facilitating workshops in everything from Shakespeare to improvisation.

We’ve worked with a range of theatre partners and institutions, including:

  • Birmingham Adult Education Service

  • Birmingham City University

  • Birmingham Comedy Festival

  • National Literacy Trust

  • University of Birmingham

  • University of Cambridge

Want to work with us on a project or hire us for your next event? Email us on contact@theatreish.com. We’d love to hear from you!

Otherwise, please do follow us on Instagram and Facebook to find out what we’re up to!

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It has been an exciting week for us! ✨ Today we worked with Liverpool Empire Theatre Creative Learning and brilliant teachers from local schools on exploring the Oracy Skills Framework and how rehearsal room practice can enhance oracy education in
Some belated images of 'Baskerville and Birmingham' performed at @mac_birmingham as part of @bheritageweek. 🎭 We had an incredible time as John and Sarah and getting to perform some of @baskervillepunches research was a privilege. It was wonderful
We had an amazing time at the University of Cambridge in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research sharing John and Sarah Baskerville's story in the very place where John's punches are being investigated! What a fabulous audience we had an
We collected our printing block and a fabulous tabletop printing press from @winterbournehg ahead of our shows in Cambridge and Birmingham this week! Our audiences may even get to have a go on it themselves! 📄🫟 We can't thank Winterbourne, Lee, an
John worked out how to take selfies and got one with some old mates. He can't wait to share a few more of the images he took in his performances later this week. See you there!
It's just under two weeks until John and Sarah share their craft and legacy in their Birmingham and Cambridge shows! 🥳 Tickets are still available for @mac_birmingham, so grab them while you can (link in bio). 🔗🎟 Here's the moment they found the
In advance of their shows at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge and Midlands Arts Centre later this month, John and Sarah Baskerville went exploring their home city: Birmingham. A lot has changed since they were last here
Our Cambridge performance on John Baskerville, the printer, craftsperson, and freethinker is SOLD OUT! BUT You can still grab tickets for our performance at the amazing Midlands Arts Centre. 🎭 Baskerville and Birmingham🎭 📅 Sunday 21st September