what we do

The director/designer duo Poppy Burton-Morgan & William Reynolds started up Metta Theatre in 2005. In 2009-2011 they were joined by Producer Heather Doole.

We’ve had the great privilege of working with some very lovely and very amazing venues/companies over the years, including the Young Vic Theatre, Southbank Centre, Oxford Playhouse, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, V&A Museum, Shunt, Greenwich Theatre, Jacksons Lane, Southwark Playhouse, Arcola Theatre, Jerwood Space and Linbury Theatre (Royal Opera House).

We make beautiful, imaginative & compelling theatre, using all the story-telling tools at our disposal – including words, music, projection, puppetry and circus. We’re all about creating meta-theatrical works – telling stories that include the audience in the act of telling. We like to be transparent in our productions, acknowledging the puppeteers behind our puppets, showing costume changes on-stage or having the performers make soundscapes in front of your eyes. In a nutshell we make theatre that wears its theatricality on its sleeve.

It’s not just the work we make that matters to us though – we also care passionately about making it responsibly. The impact we have on the world around us, and the people in it, are vitally important – so we make sure we always think about what we do, how we do it, and what the work itself says to the world around us. More info here.