Tom Mansfield – Upstart Theatre

Resilience is fun, honest!

We spend a lot of time in the arts talking about ‘resilience’. Is it just code for doing more stuff with less […]

Making our critically-acclaimed interactive show started with looking at one from the archives…

Games are interactive. How can we make that interaction most satisfying audiences?

My partner read my post about what makes a game last week and said she loved it, but it committed two cardinal […]

Just how much are artists supposed to do to keep going?

Upstart Theatre makes theatre playable – which means we use game design skills to make our shows. So exactly is a game, anyway?

How can venues open up to the artists in their community?

Director Tom Mansfield explains what happens when you come to a performance of Red Planet: Revolution

Hello Bristol theatre-makers!

People of Mars, your planet needs you!