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Improbable names Matilda Leyser as its first female artistic director

Matilda Leyser has been appointed co-artistic director of theatre company Improbable, forming a leadership trio alongside Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson.

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Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company - Arts Professional The theatre company behind collaborations including My Neighbour Totoro has appointed former circus aerialist and writer, MATILDA LEYSER, as a joint creative

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The first session is tonight!

Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:

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🎭 Big Improbable news: Matilda Leyser is now Co-Artistic Director!

After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.

“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”

Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X

📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*

For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v

*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email office@improbable.co.uk

This will be an intergenerational class, celebrating each stage of life, and the dancing that is possible within it. It will be taught in a flexible and open way that accommodates different kinds of minds as well as different kinds of bodies. Neurodivergent learning styles are welcome.

Introducing Improbable Moves! A playful, accessible movement class, open to all ages- from seven to seventy and beyond – and suitable for all levels of experience, from the nervous and new, to the seasoned and confident dancer.

The news is out!

My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!

We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚

📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC

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Deaf since the age of 7, Jenny has been the Artistic Director of Graeae since 1997. Since then, she has pioneered a new theatrical language and aesthetics of artistic access experimenting with bilingual BSL and English, pre-recorded BSL, creative captioning, and in ear/live audio description methods

FACILITATOR ANNOUNCEMENT

We are excited to announce that the next M/Others Who Make workshop, Making a Manifesto for Deaf M/Others will be hosted by Jenny Sealey!

📅 Monday 3rd November
🕚 6-8pm
📍 online
🎟️ buff.ly/pS0Alyc

We are delighted to share images from last week's Antepiano rehearsal of Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat !

Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025.

📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu

Rehearsals for Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat are underway!

Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.

Our next D&D Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together? An invitation for Execs, Artistic Directors & Trustees with @theatre503 is this Thursday, 2nd October.

🕚 Doors open at 10:30am
🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10.

To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2

APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW

Are you an arts leader who wants to, or is finding they need to, work differently? Are you facing challenges? Do you need space to think, reset and reconnect? Then, Improbable’s Arts Leaders Winter Residency could be for you. 

Find out more and apply: buff.ly/pGrtxLV

Applications for our Winter Arts Leaders Residency close this Wednesday!

Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day.

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ICYMI: There are 2 x bursary places available on our Winter Arts Leaders Residency 2025!

Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV

Join us for the week and become part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of the arts sector, one inspired leader at a time

Applications for our 2025 Winter Arts Leaders Residency are now open!

The Residency is for everyone who considers themselves a leader – anyone who has an idea, a spark, a need to do or to dream.

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Devoted & Disgruntled Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together?
Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together.
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio
🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb
#DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503

📍 The 503Studio, Battersea
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 10:30–4
🎟️ Pay What You Choose

Photo: Rulin Ma

Devoted & Disgruntled Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together?

We can’t make our organisations work alone.
This time, we need everyone in the room:

🎭 Executive Directors
🎭 Artistic Directors
🎭 Senior Leadership Teams
🎭 Trustees

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Team Improbable are having a Summer Break! Our office will be closed from Saturday 23rd - Sunday 31st August. If you have sent us an enquiry, we will get back to you when we return on Monday 1st September.

Facilitator Announcement!

It’s time to see what happens when we step Through The Door…
Presented by ClerkinWorks, Improbable and Shakespeare’s Globe.
We are delighted to have some guest facilitators during the course: buff.ly/V16S0ct .

APPLY NOW: buff.ly/AiHY11A

A week-long residency at Bore Place in the North Kent Downs for Arts Leaders. Creating space to connect, collaborate and work on your knottiest issues. Immerse yourself in Improbable’s acclaimed improvisational practice to explore leadership as a collaborative process.
For more info: buff.ly/q5sIA2o

TTD is a course of 8 improvisation workshops for women, non-binary and trans people who are actors, improvisors, writers, drag kings, dancers, designers, directors and theatre-makers at all levels of experience led by Creative Facilitator Angela Clerkin.

Applications open now: buff.ly/DhyAhpg

WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to announce the return of Through The Door and Improbable's Arts Leaders Winter Residency!

Are you sitting with the quiet (or not-so-quiet) question of whether parenthood is something you want — or can — choose? This workshop is a space to pause, reflect, and centre yourself in the midst of that uncertainty.

Choosing You While You Choose: When You’re Not Sure About Parenthood

The first of our M/Others Who Make workshops is hosted by the wonderful Euella Jackson, award winning presenter, film-maker and creative producer.

📅 Thursday 31st July
🕚 6-8pm
📍 Online

For tickets and info: buff.ly/YuFAVmj

ON SALE IN THE AUTUMN:

Sheffield Theatres 18 – 21 February 2026
Birmingham Rep 10 – 12 April 2026
Oxford Playhouse 13 – 16 May 2026
Leeds Playhouse 27 May - 6 June 2026

We can't wait to see you all there!

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ON SALE NOW:

Warwick Arts Centre 7 – 8 October 2025
Contact and S!ck Festival Manchester 19 – 22 November 2025
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch 5 – 7 February 2026

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