Liv Hunt
Liv Hunt is a theatre-maker and facilitator working predominantly in participatory arts. She began her career delivering theatre projects in care homes, schools and community centres working with people from varied backgrounds and abilities. Her practice is centred around telling, sharing and imagining new stories. She is driven by arts for social change and is a champion for inclusivity and accessibility in theatre.
In 2019, she co-founded Woven Nest Theatre, a workshop-led theatre company creating theatre with, for and by older people with Dementia.
In 2021, Liv founded TimbaDash Theatre, a multi-sensory theatre company producing immersive experiences for young people with complex and additional needs.
Portfolio
Woven Nest Theatre
Artistic Director
A workshop-led theatre company specialising in creating theatre with, for and by older people with dementia.
TimbaDash Theatre
Artistic Director
A multi-sensory theatre company producing immersive experiences for young people with complex and additional needs
Helix Arts
Lead Artist
Commissioned through Make-It-Happen programme to develop a creative programme for unpaid carers living in Newcastle and Gateshead
Lead artist on Louder, a project with Phoenix Detached Youth Association and Rape Crisis North Tyneside. I worked with the group to create a film exploring sexual violence in relationships.
Open Clasp
Drama Facilitator
roles included: co-facilitating drama workshops with police officers to explore coercive controlling behaviours, women who had experience multiple hardships and young girls in schools.
Unfolding Theatre
Drama Worker
roles included: collaborating with Edberts House Community Centre in Heworth to develop a Christmas performance over 10 weeks.
Alphabetti Theatre
Community Engagement
roles included: to develop relationships with community groups and partner organisations in turn developing our audience to be diverse and inclusive. To design, fundraise and curate projects within the realm of community engagement. In 2018, I planned and curated the theatre’s first large-scale children’s project in partnership with The Discovery Museum and working with 16 school groups in the North East.
skills: partner liaison, event planning, fundraising, marketing, accessibility, people management
Equal Arts
Creative Associate
Roles included: designing, fundraising, and coordinating long-term arts projects in community settings with people of varied abilities and backgrounds.
Skills: project management, budget planning, promotion and marketing, event curation, drama facilitation, written communication, delivering training to care staff, computer software and fundraising.
Live Theatre
Drama Worker
Roles included: developing a piece of theatre with the youth theatre to be performed on stage.
Freelance Taskforce
Representative
Roles include: to listen to the needs of the freelance community, take action in evoking change and offer support in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Seven Stories
Creative Associate
Roles include: Delivering workshops centred exploring story for young children and their families.
Writers Who Care
This programme was first developed through a commission with Helix Arts 'Make-It-Happen' programme and supported by Well Newcastle Gateshead. The group has since gone on to work with me via various projects associated to Woven Nest Theatre.
Unfolding Theatre
Video of rehearsals for a Christmas Show co-created with Edberts House.
