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Daniel Pollendine is the artistic director of Bigintent Theatre Company:
    
Daniel Pollendine                   
Daniel  trained in Human Movement Studies at St Mary’s, Strawberry Hill before becoming a teacher in R.E. and P.S.E. Daniel was head of dept. at Lampton School in Hounslow for 6 years, also acting as chair for the teachers group on SACRE, where he became committed to Multicultural Education. Daniel has also taught Drama at Madeley Court School, Telford where he ran the South Shropshire Youth Theatre. He went on to study Mime in London and worked in the U.K. and Europe within Physical Theatre. Daniel has also worked on projects with Seagull Theatre New Horizons over the past 15 years as Musical Director/Choreographer and an Actor. 


Sian Murray is the artistic director of Seagull New Horizons and associate  director with Bigintent.

Sian Murray
Sian is a gifted Actor/Jazz singer and percussionst that has worked or many years as a writer, director and practitioner in theatre in Education. As Co director of Seagull Theatre of the Gorge she mounted over 42 productions and pioneered work that involved large scale child casts, working with professional actors. Sian has written and directed numerous independant projects, exampes including; Yorkshire Education Authority, Norwich Theatre Royal, Telford and Wrekin Council and in 2007 joined up with Bigintent as an actor and technical director for the Free For All Tour. She is currently writing a play for the Ludlow Arts Festival on the life of Eglantyne Jebb, the founder of the Save the Children Fund.

 
Pupils from Macauley School, Clapham.

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Daniel started Bigintent in 1999 with his wife Ayozie. In 2003 they were sponsored by the Church Mission Society to produce a play for the bicentenery of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Alongside his wife and  brother David he produced projects for schools and festivals which culminated in the Free For All project in 2007.

Bigintent are now largely involved in Community Projects in Brixton and Tottenham, but are still available for touring work too. Please take a look at our current repetoire, or drop me a line if you would like a tailored workshop.

Enjoy the rest of the site - Daniel Pollendine