The Tell Your Story Festival

Tristan has produced the ‘Tell Your Story Festival’ with Cherwell Theatre Company. The project, which started online in January 2021 , culminated in a unique festival event staged in a multi-storey car park in Banbury on June 5.

This event was made possible due to support from Cherwell District Council, Oxfordshire Community Foundation, Hobson Charity and The Ragdoll Foundation.

'Do You Accept' digitally touring this spring

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Tristan’s new film for young people is off on tour... in a manner of speaking.

Do You Accept is to be screened in Oxfordshire classrooms this spring, followed by live workshops facilitated by the actors; Krage Brown, Jess-Lloyd Jones and Alena Patel. 

Over 300 children will interact with the project across the county.

The film has been produced by Cherwell Theatre Company, edited and animated by Yael Biran, with sound design by Adrian Banks.

'Do You Accept?' in post production

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Tristan shot his new E Safety drama ‘Do You Accept’ (adapted from his 2017 play ‘The Web’) in December and the film is now in post-production.

The film, shot largely on green screen at Activate Learning’s Banbury Campus is to be edited by Yael Biran with composition by Adrian Banks and graphic design by Nadia Rich.

It will be screened in Oxfordshire schools with accompanying live workshops in March 2021.

Cherwell Theatre Company receive Arts Council Funding to adapt 'The Web'

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Tristan will adapt his 2017 schools play ‘The Web’ into a film in October/November with support from Arts Council England, Thames Valley Police, Oxfordshire Community Foundation and Cherwell District Council.

Online R&D with young people will be conducted in October, with filming over 2 weeks in November.

The film will be distributed with live online workshops attached for Oxfordshire schools in Spring 2021.

'Sam and Zoe Vs Evermore' to appear at the Generate 7's Digital Artist Development Festival in November

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Tristan’s new play ‘Sam and Zoe Vs Evermore”, co-written with Jess Lloyd-Jones and Krage Brown will be featured in the form of Q&As, workshops and a sharing of a 15 minute filmed extract as part of the Generate 7’s Digital Artist Development Festival.

The event is scheduled for the first week in November and 6 other supported artists of the Royal and Derngate Theatre will also share their work.


Sam and Zoe Vs Evermore receives Arts Council Funding for research and development

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Butterfingers have received ACE funding to develop “Sam and Zoe Vs Evermore” a new game theatre comedy inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. An R&D process will take place in March in Banbury and Oxford with participatory opportunities for young people through Cherwell Theatre Company.

The creative team are:

Writer/Director: Tristan Jackson-Pate

Actor/Writers: Krage Brown, Jess Lloyd-Jones

Movement Director: Sam George

Dramaturg: Joe Ball

Set and puppetry designer: Rachael Twyford

Sound designer: Adrian Banks

There will be sharing performances at the end of the process for students at Banbury and Oxford colleges and Oxford Brookes University.

Tristan's new play 'Myth' tours outdoor locations in Oxfordshire this August

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Tristan will write, direct and co-compose music for a new play ‘Myth’ inspired by Greek Mythology, which will tour outdoor locations in Oxfordshire this August, produced by Cherwell Theatre Company.

‘CTC’ present vibrant community theatre productions in which young people work with a professional creative team and alongside a cast of actors to bring accessible theatre into the North Oxfordshire community, breaking down barriers for those who would not usually see live performance.

In this production, commissioned by their Young Company, the team will bring to life classical myths of ancient Greece, with live music, puppetry and a Greek chorus to boot!

Each performance is free to attend, with no booking necessary and the company will be joined by local bands and community groups who will perform alongside them.

The cast and creative team are:

Writer/Director/Co-composer: Tristan Jackson-Pate

Movement Director: Emma Webb

Set/Costume/Puppetry Designer: Rachael Twyford

Stage Manager: Harry Card

Co-Composer/Hades/Kronos/Prometheus: Adrian Banks

Zeus/Chorus Leader: Liam Nooney

Demeter/Hera/Chorus: Jessica Lloyd_Jones

This accessible production has been made possible by funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the generous support of Cherwell District Council, The Victoria Wood Foundation, The Ormonde Foundation, Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust, The Lynn Foundation and Doris Fields Charitable Trust.


Tristan to direct 'The Changing Room' and 'Dungeness', student productions at Pegasus Theatre

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Tristan will direct two plays from the 2018 NT Connections festival in June and July, for Pegasus Theatre, Oxford.

Students on the ‘Boom Satsuma’ course will perform in ‘The Changing Room’ by Chris Bush and ‘Dungeness’ by Chris Thompson. The plays explore adolescence and LGBTQ+ issues respectively and will be performed both at Pegasus Theatre and in local schools, as part of the course’s Theatre in Education module.

Public performances will take place on July 12, with full details to be announced shortly.

Arts Council England Fund Research and Development for new play 'Super Group'

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Tristan has been awarded a grant from Arts Council England to develop his new play for young people ‘Super Group’, which explores the highs and lows of teenage musicians.

Research and Development will take place in April at Birmingham Old Rep Theatre, where Tristan is an Associate Artist in 2019-20.

Students from Birmingham Ormiston Academy will take roles in the play’s development, with other creatives to be confirmed soon.

This project was also made possible by generous support from the Directors Charitable Foundation

National Lottery Funding for new play 'Myth'

Tristan has received a Big Lottery Project Grant to produce a new play ‘Myth’, which he will write and direct for Cherwell Theatre Company in August.

The play explores Greek Mythology and will be performed with a part professional, part community cast of young people in North Oxfordshire.

The play tours to several outdoor locations including new build housing developments, parks, festivals and youth centres August 18-26.