They have been named by the British Theatre Guide as one of the Edinburgh Fringe's top theatre companies. LIVEWIRE THEATRE COMPANY - Creating large-scale productions in outdoor and indoor venues across Yorkshire. Livewire Theatre Company specialises in creative risk-taking, bringing large-scale ensemble productions to outdoor and indoor venues. We have been named by the British Theatre Guide as on
e of the Edinburgh Fringe's top companies. Livewire Theatre Company was established in North Yorkshire in 1999 and has been growing and performing ever since. We have performed in over 20 productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as performing in UK tours across North Yorkshire and the UK. Most recently, Livewire Theatre Company performed at York Theatre 41 with a spring production and we will be creating exciting Child focused outdoor productions in the Summer. The company is made up of professionals that all have a passion for acting. Each year the cast put their professional careers on hold to embrace the delights of the Edinburgh Festival and Yorkshire performances. Year in year out at the Edinburgh Festival Livewire have successfully sold-out performances, achieved 5* reviews and taken home awards. "The performers enthral the audience [...] I am sold as far as Livewire Theatre goes – and will definitely keep an eye out for their 16th year."
**** Fringe Guru, 2017
"Livewire Theatre invariably brings something new to every play they stage; whether it's an exploration of vying themes of feminism and patriarchy in the Iliad, or using Oliver Twist to portray the horrors of the holocaust, their work is layered with subtext and thematic nuance. […] [The cast] entertain wonderfully for the full 90 minutes of stage time."
**** British Theater Guide, 2017
" truly a high calibre theatre company which should not be missed"
* * * * British Theatre Review, 2013. " An extraordinary company tackle this new adaptation of Dickens's classic with full-bloodied commitment. Everything fits with the time and place to which they've relocated the tale. It's a fine achievement and inevitably moving"
****British Theatre Review (Oliver Twist), 2010. "Livewire lives up its name. Vibrant & dangerous"
****Scotsman (Frankenstein), 2012
"The must-see of the festival"
****BBC Scotland (Peter Pan), 2011
"Shakespearean...powerful and convincing"
****Scotsman (Scarlet Letter), 2013
