ABOUT
Worms Theatre Company was founded in 2021 with the intention of affecting social change through theatre. We are held within an interconnected web of grassroots organisations. We work in mutual aid and partnership with BASE Social Centre, Adventure Playground, Bristol Commons, Coexist and The Cube Microplex. We wish to inspire and invigorate people through the radical act of story.
In a time of crisis where the machines of industry, growth and development are hell-bent on their own (and everyone elses) immolation. Worms seeks to tell different stories, we build spaces of transformation, resistance and wonder. Young people are inheriting a world that is polarised, depleted and extracted and it is fundamental to offer them the hope to transform it. Inventing new futures offers our youth something the world actively suppresses: the freedom to imagine beyond the limits imposed on them.
MEET THE TEAM
Teddy Monroe
Founder / Artistic Director
Teddy Monroe is a theatre facilitator, Kuringa, writer, director, and educator working at the intersection of performance and social change. Trained by Barbara Santos and influenced by the School of the Theatre of the Oppressed with Adrian Jackson, Teddy uses theatre as a tool to question, disrupt, and reimagine the world we live in.
With extensive experience in participatory, community-based practice. Their work spans across the UK and internationally, including projects with Indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico, where they have adapted practice across cultural and linguistic contexts.
Teddy has worked widely in schools, particularly around reframing masculinities. In collaboration with Unique Voice, they delivered the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) programme across Bristol secondary schools.
Laura Singer
Lead Facilitator
Laura Singer is a theatre and Systemic Constellations facilitator with over twenty-five years’ experience in group facilitation, training, community activism, and cross-cultural work. Trained in Theatre of the Oppressed with Reboot the Roots, STOP London, and Branch Out Theatre, Laura brings a deeply relational and inclusive approach to her practice.
Laura has contributed to a wide range of Theatre of the Oppressed initiatives locally and internationally, including a Forum Theatre project in Filwood in partnership with Many Minds, Breathing Fire, and Bristol City Council. With five years’ experience at Many Minds, Laura specialised in accessibility and engagement.
