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New Earth Theatre
New Earth Theatre (previously Yellow Earth Theatre) is a British touring theatre company based in London and established in 1995 to raise the profile of British East and Southeast Asian (BESEA) theatre. The company also runs several initiatives to support and develop British East and Southeast Asian talent.
The company has received national attention for its support of BESEA actors, writers and directors.
In 2011, the company began collaborating with Academy of Live and Recorded Arts to increase the number of East and Southeast Asians attending drama school in the United Kingdom.
Now known as New Earth Academy, New Earth collaborates with a number of drama schools and theatres to offer free specialist training and opportunities in the performing arts for British East and Southeast Asians. They currently hold academy courses in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds.
Alumni of New Earth Academy include Jessica Henwick, Mei Mac and Emma Lau.
The company was founded by David K.S. Tse, Kumiko Mendl, Tom Wu, Veronica Needa (1959–2023) and Kwong Loke.
David K.S. Tse was the Artistic Director 1995–2008; Jonathan Man and Philippe Cherbonnier co-Artistic Directors 2009–2010; and Kumiko Mendl from 2011 to 2024. In 2017, Mendle spoke out on the issue of underrepresentation of actors with Asian heritage. Self-identifying as British Asian, she stated that there were "a great many wonderful, talented British Asian actors, but we get few enough roles as it is, because we're not seen as English".
The current artistic director is Ailin Conant.
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New Earth Theatre
New Earth Theatre (previously Yellow Earth Theatre) is a British touring theatre company based in London and established in 1995 to raise the profile of British East and Southeast Asian (BESEA) theatre. The company also runs several initiatives to support and develop British East and Southeast Asian talent.
The company has received national attention for its support of BESEA actors, writers and directors.
In 2011, the company began collaborating with Academy of Live and Recorded Arts to increase the number of East and Southeast Asians attending drama school in the United Kingdom.
Now known as New Earth Academy, New Earth collaborates with a number of drama schools and theatres to offer free specialist training and opportunities in the performing arts for British East and Southeast Asians. They currently hold academy courses in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds.
Alumni of New Earth Academy include Jessica Henwick, Mei Mac and Emma Lau.
The company was founded by David K.S. Tse, Kumiko Mendl, Tom Wu, Veronica Needa (1959–2023) and Kwong Loke.
David K.S. Tse was the Artistic Director 1995–2008; Jonathan Man and Philippe Cherbonnier co-Artistic Directors 2009–2010; and Kumiko Mendl from 2011 to 2024. In 2017, Mendle spoke out on the issue of underrepresentation of actors with Asian heritage. Self-identifying as British Asian, she stated that there were "a great many wonderful, talented British Asian actors, but we get few enough roles as it is, because we're not seen as English".
The current artistic director is Ailin Conant.