The sadness, the fear and the anger felt in our community cannot go unheard. The discussions around the model minority complex, the hypersexualisation of Asian females and the sinocentric attitudes towards the ESEA diaspora need to be listened to outside of our own circles.

Stop Asian Hate

Our first podcast Earth 2 Air aims to further amplify and champion stories of East and South East Asians in the UK.

Earth 2 Air

New Earth Theatre is setting up a BESEA Freelance Theatre Hardship Fund for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Freelance Theatre Hardship Fund

New Earth Theatre and Chinese Arts Now (CAN) have chosen Pamela Carter and Tobi Poster-Su to receive the inaugural Digital Theatre Commisssion.

Pamela Carter and Tobi Poster-Su receive Digital Theatre Commisssion

Originally published in The Stage. It’s no mean feat for a theatre company to survive for 25 years. Yellow Earth, founded in 1995, is today recognised as a leading producer of British East and South East Asian theatre.

New Earth will be a crucial voice for BESEA artists

Throughout the last decade, British theatre has led the world with regard to the Black, Asian and ethnic diversity on our stages. Many of those actors are now international names

An Open Letter to the Culture Secretary

Launched to provide mentoring for British East and South East Asian artists in the performing arts.

Rising Waves

We are pleased to announce Lucy Sheen has been selected to join the Freelance Task Force. It was Lucy’s experience in advocacy and her perspectives surrounding the BESEA freelance experience that led us to putting her forward for the Task Force.

Freelance Taskforce Appointment

Anti-Racism Touring Rider: BSL Version

We have signed up to the Anti-Racism Touring Rider, committing to actions that will improve working conditions within the touring sector.

Anti-Racism Touring Rider

Our fully funded, intensive summer course for British East and South East Asians aged 18 and over.

New Earth Academy

Four exciting staged readings of new plays written by playwrights on our Professional Writers Programme.

New Earth Playreadings

A unique audio experience, bringing food and stories from Lewisham’s Vietnamese community together.

The Audio Dining Experience

Sonic Phở

Uncovering the lives of Japanese women in the UK since 1945.

Tsunagu/Connect

Using puppetry, music and striptease, this is a show about diaspora, assimilation, and siblinghood.

by Tobi Poster-Su

Chang and Eng and Me (and Me)

What starts as a game descends into a fight for survival as sex, power, money and race collide on a hot night in the Pearl River Delta.

Adapted by Amy Ng

Miss Julie

Past productions

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New Earth Writers Academy is a 10 week writers course held every Saturday 2-4pm. No previous writing experience is needed and we welcome all ages from 18+

Every Saturday afternoon students will meet in person (Salford & Greater Manchester) or online (UK) with a facilitator and guest tutors. The Manchester course will finish with a final sharing on Friday 8 July.

Select your course below and fill out the application form.

You will be asked to write a paragraph telling us about yourself and any previous writing experience you might have.

You will also need to submit a photo of yourself and an Equal Opportunities form as part of the application form.

We also accept a video up to 5 minutes in length to answer the questions in the application form if preferred. If you have any questions about the writers academy, require the documents to be in a different format or need any adjustments made in order to apply, please get in touch with Yuyu at yuyu@newearththeatre.org.uk

Salford & Greater Manchester
Applications Now Closed
Course Dates: 7th May - 8th July
Course Leader: Naomi Sumner Chan
Location: The Lowry

UK Online
Applications Now Closed
Course Dates: 7th May - 9th July
Course Leader: Mia Chung
Location: Zoom

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New Earth Theatre (formerly Yellow Earth Theatre) was formed in 1995 by five British East and Southeast Asian* (BESEA) actors; Kwong Loke, Kumiko Mendl, Veronica Needa, David KS Tse and Tom Wu.