About Us

Silver Thread Productions was formed in 2008 with a remit to produce imaginative and challenging revivals of contemporary British plays from the last three decades. Our long term aim is to establish a contemporary repertoire - promoting the best of British playwrights and refocusing public attention on outstanding plays of today.

Few theatre companies, mainstream or fringe, are producing revivals of contemporary British plays.

Indeed, playwright David Eldridge, whose play 'Under the Blue Sky' was recently revived eight years after its first production, commented in The Guardian that, "A revival is something that normally only happens to the dead. Theatre in this country is currently preoccupied with a cult of virginity, with new plays premiered and discarded in rapid succession."

Of course, many larger companies cannot afford to take financial risks on reviving less well known, but often very well received, plays, inevitably leading to a plethora of 'old favourites' being performed in the West End, the regions and by touring companies.

We at Silver Thread passionately believe in the power, relevance and artistic merit of contemporary British plays. The best of the repertoire can undoubtedly match the resonance of plays from an earlier era.

Silver Thread selects excellent contemporary British plays for revival, combining a passion for theatre with the championing of modern British playwrights - vital to ensure the sustenance of British theatre.

Top Fringe theatre can rival in ambition and creativity the subsidised and West End sectors, and our ambition is to place Silver Thread Productions in the leading ranks of the London fringe, drawing on the talents of the capital's up and coming practitioners in acting, design and production.