SMASHING MIRRORS THEATRE
A Bit About Us
Smashing Mirrors Theatre is one of the UK's only dementia-awareness theatre companies.
Established in 2017, Smashing Mirrors is an East Yorkshire-based theatre company that is committed to creating dementia-awareness work and dementia-friendly theatre.
The company has been recipients of funding from Arts Council England, Hull City Council, The Smile Foundation, Beverley Building Society and Greggs amongst others. Previous work includes dementia-awareness musical "Three Emos", community dementia-awareness project "The Memory Project" and local historical productions.
The company has worked with 'Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group' to become a Dementia-Friendly organisation, and all staff are trained to be dementia friends.
Smashing Mirrors employs a variety of creatives, if you are interested in working with us, please contact us through our online form.
Elizabeth Godber
Company Director
Elizabeth is a graduate of Hull University (BA Creative Writing and English) and the University of Leeds (MA Writing for Performance and Publication) and a PhD applicant at the University of Hull.
Elizabeth is the resident director and writer of Smashing Mirrors Theatre, after identifying a need for outreach work in her local community. Since establishing the company, her dementia-awareness work has been seen by over 2500 people across the country.
She is passionate about work in the community and dementia-awareness, and was a trustee of the charity Dementia Friendly East Riding for a number of years.
'a haunting and emotive piece of theatre with powerful relevance to today'