Our vision: A world where theatre is reimagined and audiences are inspired.
Our mission: To bring new stories to the stage with a focus on women-driven and Australian works.
Our values: Empathy, inclusion and originality
OUR STORY
2015
New Ghosts Theatre Company is founded in Perth by Artistic Director Lucy Clements. The name “New Ghosts” comes from the philosophy that our concept of space is influenced by the events we have seen take place within them. In each space we activate, New Ghosts Theatre Company would acknowledge the history of story telling and performance that came before us there, while being dedicated to creating new stories and experiences. New Ghosts Theatre Company is originally created as a means to produce Lucy’s own play, Fracture, which premiered at The Blue Room Theatre that same year.
2016
Lucy relocates herself and the company to Sydney and expands her passion and expertise for directing new Australian work.
2017
Lucy becomes a resident director of the Old Fitz Theatre‘s inaugural “New Fitz” program, where she is partnered with playwrights Sam O’Sullivan and Katy Warner, resulting in their two new plays, The Wind in the Underground and Paper Doll respectively. Lucy kept her ties with Perth, bringing both shows back to Perth’s FRINGEWORLD festival, where they performed to sold-out audiences.
2019
As Lucy continues to direct more local and international plays, she notices a trend in the audition room. On average, Lucy would see four women for every one man in auditions, despite having less roles to offer them. To address this, she founds the IGNITE Collective – a women-led, inclusive collective of theatre makers from across the nation, formed with the mission of putting new women-driven stories on Australian stages.
2020
New Ghosts Theatre Company incorporates and receives Charity status with the ACNC. Lucy is joined by a Board of Directors to support her to manage and grow the organsation. Learn more about the NGTC’s current Board here.
2021
IGNITE Collective founding member Emma Wright joins the organisation as Executive Producer.
2023
NGTC’s production of Albion, co-presented by Secret House, wins Best Independent Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards, with Lucy also winning Best Direction of an Independent Production for the same play.
2024
New Ghosts Theatre Company is given custodianship of Sydney’s iconic Old Fitz Theatre, which Lucy and Emma lead as Artistic Director and Executive Producer respectively.
To date, NGTC has presented four Australian and thirteen world premiere plays – six of which were through the IGNITE Collective – which have played on stages across Perth, Sydney and Darwin. Together, these productions have showcased over 100 Australian theatre makers, and created 30 new stage roles for young female performers.
NGTC is a resident organisation at WestWords: Western Sydney Centre for Writing.
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