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Welcome to Polka. Polka is the UK’s leading theatre for children. We produce inspirational theatre and creative experiences for children aged 0 - 12 year olds.

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Welcome to Polka. Polka is the UK’s leading theatre for children. We produce inspirational theatre and creative experiences for children aged 0 - 12 year olds.

POLKA YOUR VISIT

Holiday Workshops & Summer Schools Young & Younger Voices

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Follow us James and the Giant Peach - Polka Theatre POLKA WEEKLY CLASSES Holiday Workshops & Summer Schools Young & Younger Voices

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Asking for help during Covid 28th May 2021. Fundraising to complete Polka’s much-anticipated building redevelopment, during covid, has been a bit like trying to perform a play in front of a live audience where the script keeps changing

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POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

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NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor 2015/16 ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends, When we reflect back on the 2015/16 season, we are struck by the scale and scope of what we were able to accomplish together. We are humbled by the singular artists who created unforgettable theatrical events, the

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre. POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor 2015/16 ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends, When we reflect back on the 2015/16 season, we are struck by the scale and scope of what we were able to accomplish together. We are humbled by the singular artists who created unforgettable theatrical events, the

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre. POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / HOME

New York Theatre Workshop. GALA 2020 Announced! February 3, 2020-February 3, 2019. Join us in honoring NYTW Usual Suspect & Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Three Pianos at NYTW) and Tony

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor

NYTW / MEMBERSHIP

New York Theatre Workshop. Never miss a show—your membership includes a ticket to each of the 4 remaining productions in our 2019/20 Season at no additional cost! NYTW / LEARNING WORKSHOP Learning Workshop is NYTW’s multidisciplinary theatre education program. The program supports middle and high school students’ academic and creative development by critically engaging them in the artistic process surrounding our productions.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

NYTW / LARSON LAB

Born out of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work.. The Larson Lab studio augments our Mondays @ 3 reading series to

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do. NYTW / RESIDENT ALIEN Scenic and Costume Design Neil Patel Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Sound Design Jerry Yager Stage Manager Charles Means. with Quentin Crisp and Nancy Robinette NYTW / BOSOMS AND NEGLECT Scenic Design Loy Arcenas Costume Design Jeffrey Ullman Lighting Design David N Weiss Sound Design Tommy Hawk. with Richard Kavanaugh, Anne Meara and April Shawhan POLKA TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN Throughout this pandemic, Polka has prioritised supporting children’s mental health and well-being. In line with our mission, we have been using theatre and creative learning activities to help children navigate their way through the challenges they are facing at this extraordinary time. Polka has reached thousands of children both

at

NYTW / OTHELLO

NYTW Usual Suspect and Tony Award winner Sam Gold returns to NYTW to direct David Oyelowo (Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Histories, Selma, Queen of Katwe) in the title role and Daniel Craig (Betrayal, Spectre) as ‘Iago’ in William Shakespeare’s Othello.. Scenic Design Andrew Lieberman Costume Design David Zinn Lighting Design Jane Cox Sound Design Bray Poor 2015/16 ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends, When we reflect back on the 2015/16 season, we are struck by the scale and scope of what we were able to accomplish together. We are humbled by the singular artists who created unforgettable theatrical events, the

NYTW / WORK WITH US

Sometimes it isn’t enough to watch great theatre. Sometimes you have to help make it. All of us at NYTW are motivated by a heartfelt belief in what theatre can do.

NYTW / WHO WE ARE

We are artists. We are producers. We are audience members. We are neighbors. We are New York Theatre Workshop: not just one of America’s leading not-for-profit theatres, but a community of people seeking to better understand our world through theatre.

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