Joe Strickland
Artistic Director at Chronic Insanity
Joe Strickland is a prolific, up-and-coming director, writer, producer, and performer with great energy and passion. Since 2012 they have been helping to create all manner of theatre and performance in venues across the country.
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They are the Artistic Director of Chronic Insanity, the Executive Producer of Strickland Productions, the Digital Producer for DaDaFest and a Trustee of SICK! Productions and The King's Hall Trust For The Arts.
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They are an artist in development with the Nottingham Playhouse, a BBC New Creative, and a studio member with Near Now.
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They are a PhD researcher looking at Future Experience Technologies and Storytelling based at the University of Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab, partnered with the Horizon CDT, University of Nottingham and the BBC. They specialise in using traditional theatre making techniques and applying them to entertainment technology, such as virtual and augmented reality, as well as recreating physical presence using these technologies.
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They are also a multi-award winning magician and an accomplished musician.
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Current Projects​
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The Group (Jack McNamara) - Creative Technologist
Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Online
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Red Breast (Charlotte Holder) - Director, Producer, Creative Technologist
Online
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Polly: A Drag Rebellion (Joe Strickland) - Playwright, Performer, Producer
The Warren, Brighton
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PVC (Nat Henderson and Joe Strickland) - Director, Producer, Set Designer
Burton-Taylor Studio, Oxford
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Define Your Journey (Jo-anne Cox) - Digital Producer
Online
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Pull (Emily Holyoake) - Director, Set Designer, Producer
Venue TBD, Nottingham
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Phonecall (Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Performer
Venue TBD​​​​​
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2021
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There's Something Among Us (Joe Strickland) - Director, Performer, Editor
Online
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Hairy Hands FM (Joe Strickland) - Writer, Director, Designer, Coder
BBC New Creatives, South West
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Flavour Text (Chronic Insanity) - Director, Designer, Editor
Online
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24, 23, 22 (Douglas Deans) - Director, Performer, Composer
Online
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We Ask These Questions of Everybody (Toria Banks & Amble Skuse) - Producer
Sound Festival, Aberdeen
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Means of Production (Joe Strickland and Rebecca Saw) - Director, Playwright, Producer, Editor
Online
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52 Souls (Chronic Insanity) - Playwright, Director, Programmer, Producer
The Place Bedford, Bedford
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2020
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Stay Safe (New Perspectives) - Technical and Design Consultant
Signal Fires, UK
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52 Souls (Chronic Insanity) - Playwright, Director, Programmer, Producer
Online
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Myles Away (Tennexa Freeman & Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Programmer, Performer, Producer
Online
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Conduit (Joe Strickland) - Performer, Director, Playwright, Producer
Online
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Life_Stream (Joe Strickland) - Director, Producer, Playwright
Online
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Circulation (Nat Henderson) - Director, Producer, Composer
Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
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Glitch (Krystina Nellis) - Producer
VAULT Festival, London
PVC (Nat Henderson and Joe Strickland) - Director, Producer, Set Designer
Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
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PVC (Nat Henderson and Joe Strickland) - Director, Producer, Set Designer
Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
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Polly: A Drag Rebellion (Joe Strickland) - Playwright, Performer, Producer
Angel Microbrewery, Nottingham
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2019
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Edward II (Christopher Marlowe) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Anthony Neilson) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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painstaking. (Nat Henderson) - Producer, Director, Set Designer
Pepper Rocks, Nottingham
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Higher (Tara Anegada) - Producer, Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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Politer Guests (Chronic Insanity) - Director, Producer, Performer (Dylan)
National Justice Museum, Nottingham
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Dark Vanilla Jungle (Philip Ridley) - Director, Producer
Arbour Hill, Nottingham
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Polly: A Drag Rebellion (Joe Strickland) - Playwright, Performer, Producer
Greenside @ Nicholson Square, Edinburgh
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Apollo: Take 111 (Tom Proffitt) - Performer, Co-Director, Producer, Set Designer
ZOO Southside, Edinburgh
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Hard Truths - Improv Performer
Greenside @ Nicholson Square, Edinburgh
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It Could Only Happen Here (NSDF Company) - Performer, Director, Playwright
Sue Townsend Theatre, Leicester
Rat King (Oliver Binns) - Performer (Robin)
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Human Animals (Stef Smith) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Inhabitation (Nah Henderson) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Glassy Ceiling, Concrete Flaw (Rachel Elphick) - Composer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Hard Truths - Improv Performer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Night of the Soul (David Farr) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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2018
X (Alistair Macdowall) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) - Director
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Creating Rumours (Emma Summerton) - Director, Producer, Performer (Lindsey Buckingham)
Greenside @ Nicholson Square, Edinburgh
Strangers: Mindreader (Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Producer, Performer
Greenside @ Nicholson Square, Edinburgh
Strangers: Pairs (Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Producer
Greenside @ Nicholson Square, Edinburgh
Macbeth (William Shakespeare) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Douglas Adams, James Gross, Arvind Ethan David) - Performer (Reg)
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Fairytaleheart (Philip Ridley) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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2017
A Doll’s House (Henrik Ibsen/Simon Stephens) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Paper Cranes (Nat Henderson) - Producer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Strangers: A Magic Play II (Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Producer, Performer
theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall, Edinburgh
Rumours (Emma Summerton) - Performer (Mick Fleetwood)
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Monarch (Tom Heath) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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In a World of Perspectives (TEDxUoN) - Speaker
Keighton Auditorium, Nottingham
The Nether (Jennifer Haley) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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2016
Mercury Fur (Philip Ridley) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Strangers: a Magic Play (Joe Strickland) - Director, Playwright, Producer
theSpace @ Jurys Inn, Edinburgh
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie) - Producer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
The Skriker (Caryl Churchill) - Director, Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Oedipus the King (Steven Berkoff) - Performer (Oedipus)
Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
Skylight (David Hare) - Set Designer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
2015
The Master and Margarita (Edward Kemp) - Performer (The Master)
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Strangers (Joe Strickland) - Producer, Director, Playwright
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Boat (Kiran Millwood Hargrave) - Producer
The Balham, London
Crushed Shells and Mud (Ben Musgrave) - Producer
Southwark Playhouse, London
The Toyland Murders (Ben Hollands) - Executive Producer
Performing Arts Studio, Nottingham
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino/Carn Truscott) - Producer
Bartons PLC, Nottingham
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley/Roger Parsley) - Producer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
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2014
Our Country’s Good (Timberlake Wertenbaker) - Producer
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett) - Assistant Producer, Marketing Manager
Burton-Taylor Studio, Oxford
R&J (Mary Clapp) - Marketing Manager
Michael Pilch Auditorium, Oxford
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2013
Surprise (James P Mannion) - Producer
Keble O’Reilly Theatre, Oxford
Esarhaddon: The Substitute King (Selena Wisnom)- Producer
Simpkins Lee Theatre, Oxford
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2012
The Man Who Turned Into a Stick (Kobo Abe) - Producer, Director
Burton-Taylor Studio, Oxford
Art (Yasmina Reza) - Producer, Director, Actor
Deaton Theatre, London
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Education
PhD Future Experience Technologies
University of Nottingham (currently completing)
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Msc Psychology Research Methods
University of Nottingham
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BA Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
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A-levels: Chemistry A*; Physics, Biology, Maths A
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GCSEs: 10A*, 1A
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Other experience
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Season Producer of The Immersive Theatre Society (2019-2020)
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Troupe Director of University of Nottingham Improv (2019-2020)
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External Relations Manager of the Nottingham New Theatre (2018-2019)
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President and founder of Tadpole Inc Productions (2013-2016)
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Workshop Manager of the Nottingham New Theatre (2015-2016)
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Treasurer of the Oxford University Psychology Society (2014-2015)
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Treasurer of the Oxford Origami Society (2014-2015)
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President of the Oxford Origami Society (2013-2014)
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Professional magician, winning multiple awards and performing for The Magic Circle, RAG, the London Borough of Waltham Forest, the NHS, and various private events
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Magic consultant for Rough-Hewn Productions, The London Film Academy, and Redbridge Youth Theatre Workshop
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