Tomahawk Theatre Company

Tomahawk is a theatre company based in Oxford, South East England. Founded in 2005 by Alex Nicholls and Oliver Baird among others, experienced personnel work alongside young actors, directors and technicians, many of whom have gone on to train in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Alistair Nunn and Polly Mountain play George Tesman and Aunt Juju, June 2008

Productions

• Macbeth (William Shakespeare) December 2005
• Little Eyolf (Henrik Ibsen) June 2006
• The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare) December 2006
• The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) June 2007
• Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare) December 2007
• Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen) June 2008
• The Tempest (William Shakespeare) December 2008
• Gas Light (Patrick Hamilton) June 2009
• The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) December 2009
• Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare) June/July 2010
• Midsummer Nights Dream(William Shakespeare) June/July 2011
• Romeo and Juliet(William Shakespeare) June/July 2012
• Macbeth(William Shakespeare) June/July 2013

Susanne Sheehy plays Bella Manningham, June 2009

Joe Kenneway, Edward Blagrove, Tom Bateman and Alex Nicholls play Leonato, Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick, Dec 2007

Theatres

Tomahawk have performed at a number of local and regional theatres:

• The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
• The Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames
• Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford
• The Old Fire Station Studio, Oxford
• The Oxford Castle Courtyard
• Taganrog Chekhov Drama Theater, Taganrog, Russia

Tours include:

• Hedda Gabler - Westacre River Studios, Norfolk – June 2008
• The Tempest - Udine, Italy - February/March 2009
• The Importance of Being Earnest - Udine, Italy - February 2010
• The Importance of Being Earnest - Taganrog, Russia - May 2010^[1]
• Macbeth - Udine, Italy - April 2013

References

1. Tomahawk Theater Company from Oxford, UK in Taganrog

External links

• Tomahawk Theatre Website
• North Wall Theatre
• The Kenton Theatre
• Old Fire Station Studio
• Burton Taylor Theatre
• Westacre Theatre