Zest is a national touring theatre company creating eye-opening new work for young people. Zest Theatre was established in 2007. We tour to theatres, outdoor spaces and schools with a variety of inte...
Zest is a national touring theatre company creating eye-opening new work for young people. Zest Theatre was established in 2007. We tour to theatres, outdoor spaces and schools with a variety of interactive, immersive, site specific or promenade productions. Our work is experiential and places the audience right at the centre of the action and creative process. Each year we engage around 19,000 people across the country as audience members or participants. Zest Theatre is proudly based in Lincoln and has worked closely with local partners such as Lincolnshire One Venues to become a support the development of Lincolnshire's arts and culture sector. Each of our productions starts their life in the Lincolnshire community in some way before hitting the road and touring the country. Each production is inspired by the needs, lives and imaginations of those aged under 25. This approach creates work that's unique, relevant and engaging. We have eclectic tastes and love creating bold new ideas – this means that there is no such thing as a ‘Zest Style'; each of our shows are very different. However, innovation, humour, empowerment and accessibility will always be threaded through every show we produce, creating a DNA that is unmistakably Zest's. We are passionate about the development of young audiences, particularly those in their mid to late teens. This is a key demographic for the arts sector and one that presents a lot of challenges and obstacles. With each tour we gather an extensive range of data to find out more about our audience and the best ways to create long term arts engagement with young people.