take stock exchange have been using storytelling and conversation to build stronger communities across London and beyond since 2013. We work with arts organisations, community groups, housing associations and work places, to deliver unique creative projects that enables people to express, connect, imagine, empathise and see their everyday surroundings in a new light, creating a dialogue through difference - whatever that difference might be.
WHO WE ARE
Nick Cassenbaum
Co-Artistic Director
Nick is a theatre maker whose work asks audiences to think about how they engage with spaces, places and people. Aside from his work with take stock exchange, Nick’s work has toured internationally, selling out in venues around the world. He has written plays, created and performed solo work and made street performances in collaboration with some of the country’s most celebrated venues, including The Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and he has broadcast podcasts for The Guardian.
He has an MA from Goldsmiths in Writing for Performance and is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.
Olly Hawes
Co-Artistic Director
Olly makes performance, delivers workshops and works one-on-one with people. He works with a variety of organisations - charities, corporations and education bodies as a workshop facilitator, and with individuals as a coach. He was selected as a Clore Emerging Cultural Leader in 2016.
His performance work combines storytelling, theatre and live art; explores how we connect with each other and the wider world; and looks to create a conversation between people. His work has toured nationally, and he has worked with some of the countries most respected arts organisations, including Arcola, The Barbican, The Bush, Camden People's Theatre, Create Arts, Fevered Sleep, The National Theatre, The Old Vic, The Yard, and The Young Vic.
Anna Smith
Producer
Anna works collaboratively across live art, theatre and community arts as a producer and production manager. Between 2010-17 she co-ran performance company Unfinished Business (UB) and from 2015-19 she produced the work of performance maker Ray Young.
Since then, she’s worked with many artists and companies to produce innovative performance and social art projects. Among other things, she is currently the production manager for Lewisham Youth Theatre. She has an MA from Goldsmiths in Applied Anthropology and Community Arts.
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