In 2025 Cove Park and Fuel are delighted to partner once again for a series of residencies supporting the development of new work in theatre and live performance. From 2008 – 2013, Cove Park and Fuel facilitated over 80 individual and collaborative residencies for theatre makers. Fuel leads the field in independent producing in the UK’s live performance sector, working with brilliant artists to explore the big questions of our times, shining a light on how we relate to each other and the world around us, and telling untold stories by under-represented voices. From theatres to car parks, from schools to public spaces, Fuel produces high quality new theatre that reaches diverse audiences across the UK and internationally. Fuel collaborates with outstanding theatre makers with fresh perspectives and approaches who produce shows, performances or experiences which have direct and playful relationships with their audiences.
Laura Hopkins is a set and costume designer. She graduated in Interior Architecture and studied at the Motley Theatre Design course. Her work ranges from mainstream theatre, musicals and international opera to experimental performance and installation. She’s designed for the Old Vic, Royal Court, ICA, National Theatre, Royal Exchange, Barbican, Leeds Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, RSC, […]
David Greig is a writer and theatre director. His play Europe was performed at the Traverse Theatre in 1994. Since then, his plays, adaptions and musical scripts have been performed widely in the UK and around the world. His first play was produced in Glasgow in 1992 and he has written many plays since, produced […]
Graham Eatough is a writer and theatre director. Recent projects include adapting and directing the cult Scottish novel, This is Memorial Device for The Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2022 which won a Fringe First, and the multi-disciplinary project, Floating Worlds: Erraid Sound, made on island of Mull during the Covid 19 […]
Nick Powell, composer, London musician and ex-member of Strangelove (EMI) has written scores for films, artworks and theatre throughout the world as well as releasing music under his own name and as OSKAR. Nick recently worked with Sam Mendes scoring The Lehman Trilogy (West End, Broadway and World Tour), The Ferryman (West End & Broadway) […]
Nigel Edwards worked with Forced Entertainment for 29 years, Remote Control/Michael Laub for 17 years and with 7 People Show. He has worked as a lighting designer on Lanark (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow/Edinburgh International Festival) Cleansed, 4.48 Psychosis (Royal Court), Crave (Paines Plough), Robert Zucco, Victoria, The Tempest (RSC) as well as The Maid (ENO) and […]
Founded in 2004 by Louise Blackwell and Kate McGrath, Fuel is a producing organisation working in partnership with some of the most exciting artists in the UK to develop and present an adventurous, playful and significant programme of live, digital, and multi-disciplinary work for a representative audience across the UK and beyond. Working in partnership […]
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre Services and Trigger through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK.
Inua Ellams is a word and graphic artist based in London. He was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to the UK as a teenager. His work merges visual art, spoken word and theatre, and he is known for his iconic imagery, beauty and attention to detail. He writes about his upbringing, the experience […]
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre Services and Trigger through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK.
Josie Long is a stand up comedian and writer. In 2006 she won the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe with her debut show Kindness and Exuberance and her most recent show, Be Honourable!, was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award. She has written for Skins and Radio Four, and her Radio Four series […]
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre Services and Trigger through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK. Glen Neath is a writer, artist and theatre-maker. Collaborations include Ring with David […]
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK. Sound&Fury is a collaborative theatre company directed by Mark Espiner, Tom Espiner and […]
A continuing relationship with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation underpins Cove Park’s performing arts residencies. They are run in partnership with Fuel Theatre through whom high-profile artists make critically-acclaimed work at Cove Park, whether destined for the Edinburgh Festival or across the UK. Sound&Fury is a collaborative theatre company directed by Mark Espiner, Tom Espiner and […]
Inua Ellams is a word and graphic artist based in London. He was born in Nigeria in 1984 and moved to the UK as a teenager. His work merges visual art, spoken word and theatre, and he is known for his iconic imagery, beauty and attention to detail. He writes about his upbringing, the experience […]
Sound&Fury is a collaborative theatre company directed by Mark Espiner, Tom Espiner and Dan Jones. It draws on the disciplines of theatre, Foley work (the art of creating sound effects for cinema), sound design, music and storytelling. Its key artistic interest is in developing the sound space of theatre and presenting its audience with new […]