Theatre Nation

Theatre Nation is a professional theatre company based in Hastings. It consists of Artistic Director Patrick Kealey and Writer/Producer Tom Daldry. We are committed to creating powerful, expressive and exciting adaptations of classic works, and to staging bold and original new writing.

Since being founded in 2017 our core remit has been to provide educational, professional and creative employment opportunities for young people, students and early career theatre artists. We achieve this through acting/directing workshops, as well as through offering professional experience (under a ‘mentorship’ approach) in a range of areas: from performing to costuming, technical design and producing.

Our 2018 Arts Council-funded tour of Hamlet enabled young people to actively gain experience in the industry. Our current radical production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot toured in Spring 2021.