Theatre making the invisible, visible


Tricky Hat Productions

Tricky Hat Productions a multi-arts performance company that makes theatre with and about people who live on the margins of our society.
  • We use a participatory approach, and devise our work.
  • We work with people to find a creative and credible voice through participation in high quality, collaborative, cross-arts events alongside high calibre artists.
  • Our artists work with participants using performance, film, music and movement to explore their real life stories, hopes and dreams.
  • Our creative outputs include live performance, sound installations and film.
  • We work in collaboration with organisations, artists and areas in Scotland and internationally.

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Fire Practice Programme Mentored Artists

Tricky Hat is delighted to announce our 5 Fire Practice Programme Mentored Artists. Each artist is being mentored by Tricky Hat Artistic Director, Fiona Miller; to become an Associate Director in the “Tricky Hat way”,...

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Flame Up! Edinburgh Performance

Flame Up! Summerhall, Edinburgh Saturday 25th February (4pm & 7pm) £6 / £4   The Flames are coming to Edinburgh.   The Flames will reignite in a striking and innovative mix of film, music and...

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Fire Practice Programme Call-out

We want to train an Associate Director in the “Tricky Hat way”, to widen our base of artists who can deliver Flames Guerilla sessions in the future. This is paid training that is about investing...

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The Flames GLASGOW information session is tomorrow (Wednesday 9th October) from 11.30am - 1pm at The Renfield Centre on Bath Street.

We are welcoming people aged 50+ to join our performance company, The Flames, to create a show that challenges pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to. This show will be performed in the CCA in November. 🔥 

Please come along! No experience is necessary, you just need to be yourself and be up for a possibility.

More info at: https://trickyhat.com/production/theflames-2024-2025/

Partner: @cca_glasgow 
Funder: @creativescots 
📷 : @stillmotionarts
Don’t miss out on our first ever Flames performances in Aberdeen! 🔥 🔥 🔥 

Saturday 5th October (4pm and 7.30pm) at The Music Hall (Big Sky Studio)

This crackling group of Flames will ignite in a striking and innovative mix of film, music and performance to explore stories about life after fifty. 💥 

Get your tickets NOW at the linktree in our bio 🔥 

Funders: @creativescots & @aberdeenperformingarts 
Partner: @aberdeenperformingarts