From the everyday to the epic

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ (Giants) is a young theatre company bringing classic stories up to date, re-thinking them with the participation of disparate community groups to create original pieces of theatre performed by professional actors. Our tagline ‘From the Everyday to the Epic’ reflects both our work process, and creative outcomes.

Giants’ ethos is to challenge ‘hidden’ social issues through theatre and give a voice to those who are rarely heard.

Pandora

In Giants' first production, Pandora, artistic director Jennie Buckman, weaves the reflections and stories of women who attend the Haringey University of the Third Age and a group of Year 9 children from Gladesmore Community school into five cleverly interlinked mini-plays

About Giants

Giants is a young theatre company, who is always looking to work with new communities. Find out more about us here

Our next play - SNAFU

The play addresses the issues of ’homecoming’ from the point of view of serving military personnel and their families. Since the withdrawal of troops from Iraq in 2009, there has been a greater awareness of the difficulties of reintegration into civilian life for veterans - particularly if they suffer with mental-health issues.

Contact us

Giants is always happy to hear from new communities who want to work with us, people who want us to work with them on workshops, or to produce one of plays

This is diversity in the theatre at its best – reaching out across age, race, gender and class said Rahila Gupta in The Guardian, 2008