Brighton Theatre Collective is a production house that aims to produce
vibrant and relevant theatre for Brighton and Hove. Founded by Janette
Eddisford and Daniel Finlay, BTC is flying in the face of the current theatre
funding crisis and is determined to create a new model for funding and
producing.
Artistic Directors Janette Eddisford and Daniel Finlay have almost 60 years
of theatre experience between them - acting, directing, stage managing,
writing, producing and teaching.
Brighton Theatre Collective is the realisation of their long cherished
ambition to establish a resident, producing Theatre Company in Brighton and put
our extraordinarily exciting and creative city on the theatre map. Their shared
artistic vision has been developed through their work at the Academy of
Creative Training - the only Drama School on the South Coast offering
professional training for actors. With a 65% graduate employment rate and having
attracted the services of some of the South's leading actors and directors,
ACT's undoubted success has established Brighton as a key contender for
students choosing a contemporary actor training. Janette and Daniel have
achieved all this with no funding or subsidy of any kind and, moreover, whilst
operating with a not-for-profit ethos so as to offer maximum accessibility to
new talent.
Taking the similarly un-funded Globe Theatre as a source of inspiration,
Brighton Theatre Collective aims to build upon and extend this reputation for
excellence - creating a high quality repertoire using exciting and dynamic
established local actors alongside newcomers to the profession, including the
cream of ACT graduates.