Solar Bear

Solar Bear Award winning Theatre Company creating exciting, innovative theatre. Wake Up touring Autumn 2023 Solar Bear is a theatre company that does things differently.
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Inclusion and collaboration are at the heart of our mission. We work with deaf and hearing actors, theatre makers, artists and young people. We reach out to those often excluded from the arts. Working more inclusively and collaboratively makes us think in radically different ways. It shapes who we work with. It inspires us to play with new ways of storytelling. It influences the stories we tell, and where and how we tell them.

12/06/2026

✨ We’re so excited to share the final film from our Solar Reels Film School – The Conversation, written and directed by Joe Dunn.

🌈 We’re especially proud to be sharing this during Pride Week. At Solar Bear, we’re lucky to collaborate with so many incredible Q***r creatives who continue to inspire us every day.

🎬 Joe is part of SQIFF’s filmmaking course Saturate — we can’t wait to see what’s next. Good luck, Joe!

⚠️ Please note: this film contains themes relating to the loss of a loved one.

CREW

1st Assistant Director - Jayme Bartlett
Director Mentor - Teressa Garratty
Director of Photography - Will Clark
1st Assistant Camera - Scott Mcintosh
2nd Assistant Camera - Sarina Vlaytchev
Sound - Colin Mckay
Gaffer - Steve Boyle
Production Design/Props - Klarissa Webster + students
Costume Designer - Sophie Chen
Hair and Make-up Artist - Paige Elliott
Production Assistant - Sean Gutbezahl

Any aspiring deaf filmmakers out there—keep an eye out for applications for the Pitch Lab opening this summer. More info coming soon.

🌈 ***rCreatives

12/06/2026

Great news - 'BDA Scotland is delighted to announce that we have secured funding through the Glasgow 2026 Festival Fund to support Deaf communities in Glasgow through a programme of engagement, participation, and accessible activities.'

✨ HUGE shoutout to our incredible translation team ✨Mel Morbey, Lucy Niven, Janice Murdoch, Yvonne Strain, Nathan Imeson...
10/06/2026

✨ HUGE shoutout to our incredible translation team ✨
Mel Morbey, Lucy Niven, Janice Murdoch, Yvonne Strain, Nathan Imeson, Georgina Donohoe, Rachel Wilson, Benny Zanetti, Petre Dobre, Jamie Rea & Clare Canton 👏
What an amazing effort 💥 Taking a full script and songs and transforming them into a creative, expressive BSL interpretation takes serious talent, dedication and care — and this team has delivered something really special.
We’re not quite finished yet… but we’re getting close 👀
Next up 👉 rehearsals!
AND we’ll be welcoming a very special GUEST… more on that soon 👀✨
🎟️ Tickets are ON SALE NOW for:
📍 Edinburgh
📍 Aberdeen
📍 Glasgow
📍 Dundee
Don’t miss it!
Link in bio or visit solarbear.org.uk
Produced by Dundee Rep Theatre & Solar Bear
In collaboration with Aberdeen Performing Arts
https://solarbear.org.uk/2025/11/20/announcement-the-singer/

Well done Judy Cook - we loved having her at Deaf Youth Theatre and it is so exciting to see her achieve and grow!
10/06/2026

Well done Judy Cook - we loved having her at Deaf Youth Theatre and it is so exciting to see her achieve and grow!

08/06/2026

🌟 We’re hiring: Deaf Youth Theatre Co‑Director 🌟
Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation of deaf talent?
Do you want to grow and develop your skills as a youth theatre director and workshop leader?
Do you believe storytelling and the arts have the power to change lives?
If you answered YES to any of the questions above, then come join the Solar Bear team 💛
👉 Apply today!
For more information, visit the Solar Bear website or email:
📧 [email protected] for a chat
DEADLINE - THIS FRIDAY 12TH JUNE
https://solarbear.org.uk/2026/05/21/job-opportunity-2/

🌍 Today is World Environment Day 🌱There is a lot happening across the planet right now, but nothing is more important th...
05/06/2026

🌍 Today is World Environment Day 🌱
There is a lot happening across the planet right now, but nothing is more important than protecting the world we all share. Change starts with each of us – through the choices we make every day.
At Solar Bear, across both our theatre and digital work, we have adopted a set of environmental guidelines that have transformed how we purchase, travel, promote our performances, and make decisions.
It hasn’t made us any less creative, open, or accessible.
It’s simply a conscious choice. 💚

03/06/2026

✨ How do you create a theatre play in both BSL and spoken English?
It’s a big question — and one of the most important parts of the process is translation. Taking written words from the page and bringing them to life in rich, expressive BSL.
Who better to explain than our incredible Associate BSL Director, Benny 💛
🎟️ Tickets are now ON SALE for venues across Scotland!
The play will be performed in BSL & spoken English, with captions throughout.
MORE INFO - https://solarbear.org.uk/productions/the-singer/
Produced by Dundee Rep Theatre and Solar Bear, in collaboration with Aberdeen Performing Arts

27/05/2026

Our amazing Associate Director & Deaf Youth Theatre Co‑ordinator Craig McCulloch shares some of his favourite memories from Deaf Youth Theatre 💛✨
If this sounds up your street, we’ve got TWO exciting job opportunities right now 👇
🎭 Associate Director
🗓 Deadline: Fri 29 May
🎭 Deaf Youth Theatre Co‑Director
🗓 Deadline: Fri 12 June
For more info or to apply, head over to the Solar Bear website 🌐
And yes — you’re welcome to apply for both roles! 🙌

27/05/2026

We would love to see you there tomorrow for a good blether at our Film Social event!

Plus, there's a number of opportunities we want to share with you 👀

AD Transcript in comments.

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