Welcome
Total Ensemble is a brand new, inclusive, theatre company for Norwich and Norfolk.
The company is inspired by Artistic Director Rebecca Chapman’s work with the famous pioneers of inclusive theatre, CHICKENSHED*.
Total Ensemble creates theatre that challenges widely perceived ideas of what makes a talented performer by integrating disabled and non-disabled performers.
The only requirement from the Total Ensemble Theatre Company is that participants are from
ALL WALKS OF LIFE; that they are natural, even if unconventional, performers, regardless of previous experience and performing style and regardless of disability, learning difficulty, sensory impairment and so on. They must be passionate about performing, with others, as equals, in an ensemble team.
Rebecca Chapman – Founder & Artistic Director of Total EnsemblePerformance and inclusion are inseparable if the human story is to be presented with integrity. It can be created and told by all types of humans, working together; TOTAL ENSEMBLE.
Martha GrahamThere is a life force… translated through you into action and because there is only one of you… this expression is unique
