PHOEBE

A special few weeks with @englishnationalballet co-developing My First Ballet: Cinderella Illuminations workshops, alongside the wonderful Marie Lawrence and Charlotte Harding @_ceharding_ This work has been part of the My First Ballet tour, focused on making dance more accessible for disabled and neurodivergent children. We’ve been working with ENB’s partner schools, alongside relaxed workshops onstage and in the studio. Also this project introduced me to @icandanceuk and Juliet Diener check out their incredible work! Movement for everyone. What an honour to share and celebrate dance with you. X

BOY by Leo Butler Director: Nathan Curry Movement Director: Phoebe Stapleton Set & Costume Designer: Hannah Schlenker Lighting Designer: Ruby Ferguson Assistant Director: Beatrice Dempsey Assistant Lighting Designer: Alisa Angove Encinas Sound Designer: Roddy Lynch Cast Anthony Mkandawire, Áine Lawrence, Angelica Zanetta, Robyn Simpson, Lauren Woodley, Bela Gonzalez, Chase Nester, Elvis Gashi, Sophia Jeffress, Alexa Palena, Leo Beswick, Campbell Maddox, Daniel Raheem Gabana, Ellie Manfreda, Beatrice Dempsey Production Team Production Manager: Freddy Corbett Stage Manager: Charlie McIntyre Newton Deputy Stage Manager: Mia Batchelor Technical Manager: Isaac Bowman Lighting Programmer: Radym Makogin Lighting Crew: Jayden Hollinshead, Henry Beardsley, Thomas Sleigh Dance Captains: Bela Gonzalez & Lauren Woodley Music Captain: Robyn Simpson Thank you to @lehnilamide74 and the amazing team @rosebruford BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts.

Hugely excited to announce that @TomHobdenstudio and @PhoebeStapleton have been selected for a creative commission that celebrates the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, a partnership between the National Trust in Flatford and @Essexcdp Cultural Diversity Project. The Rivers and Skies will invite diverse audiences from across the generations to tell or imagine their life stories through the metaphors of rivers and sky, drawing a parallel with John Constable’s way of seeing landscape as an emotional record Participants will explore their stories through drawing, film, movement, writing, and sound. We will then transform these stories into an immersive, multi-sensory installation at Flatford; a patchwork of projections, soundscape, and immersive visual design which will become a bridge between two worlds, and a connecting message of the significance of who we are, where we live and how we create. It will be a pocket of digital magic in the heart of John Constable’s home. We cannot wait to tell you more, do follow along for more news! The Rivers and Skies is made possible through a co-commission from the National Trust, and Essex Cultural Diversity Project supported by Arts Council England. Read more about the project at essexcdp.com/commission/flatford-constable250/ (Link in bio)

It's sunny and warm, so there's no better time to introduce @phoebestapleton . Movement director, dancer, educator, and all-round creative heroine! It is my absolute pleasure to work alongside Phoebe on many new projects (look out for 2026). Her eye, storytelling, and creativity are gold standard, and after a good year of planning and playing, it's time for projects to start revealing themselves to the public. So Insta, meet Phoebe, and Phoebe, meet the @tomhobdenstudio gang. Here's to a year of play and joy!

Life as a self-producing artist can be constantly changing. Since September 2025, I have been head down in bid writing, but with spring arriving, I’m about to switch to making time, especially after some funding success! @suffolkcountycouncilofficial culture project fund has awarded me, @phoebestapleton , and partnership with @suffolk_community_libraries , a super amount of money to work with communities across Sudbury and Haverhill on a magical miniature projection mapping project. So much news to follow on this! For now, a huge thank you to the panel for believing in our ideas, we can't wait to reveal more soon.

Started 2026 in Lisbon next to their version of the Golden Gate Bridge! Me & @lloyd_wil discovered port is not for us, but the affordable uber rides, great people and sunshine absolutely are.

Next week we’re leading two workshops at the Brontë Parsonage Museum — the house where Charlotte Brontë grew up, surrounded by the natural world that shaped her imagination and inspired Jane Eyre. In partnership with Bradford 2025 City of Culture and Arts Council England, we’re welcoming pupils from Lees Primary and Haworth Primary for Dyslexic Strengths and the World of Jane Eyre — a movement-led workshop, inspired by our world premiere of John Joubert’s Jane Eyre opera. Created and led by @phoebestapleton alongside @maricamiloti and @eleanorjoyburke . Together, we’ll ignite creativity through movement and dyslexic strengths, opening gentle new doorways into story and opera.

This summer, I attended the 13 Week Seedbed inclusivity training with Stopgap Dance Company. I am so lucky that my work lets me move with and create alongside so many unique and brilliant people. I’m always searching for new ways to shape movement so it truly meets and makes way for the individuality of the incredible performers, creators, artists, humans I get to work with. It was also great to learn more about a company I’ve admired for so long. X

GET HAPPY Writer/performer: Joseph Aldous @joseph.aldous Director: Piers Black Producer: Joe Brown @joecbrownn Movement Director: Phoebe Stapleton @phoebestapleton Set and Costume Designer: Hazel Low @hazellowdesigns Lighting Designer: Jonathan Chan @jonathanchan_lighting Sound Designer: Anna Short @annashort__ Additional Sound Design: Annie Fletcher @anniemayfletcher Engagement Producer: Milly Roberts @milly.rob Production Manager: Goose Masondo @goose_masondo Stage Manager (On Book): Katie Marie Galbraith @katie_marie1007 Original Movement (Pleasance Run): Tilda O’Grady Production Mentee: Jess Cochrane Presented by Joseph Aldous Ltd and Joe Brown Omnibus Theatre 1st - 12th July I’ve had the best time movement directing this incredible show, with a really inspiring team. It’s only gone and got amazing reviews as well! Gutted it has to end on Saturday. Go see it and celebrate all of the joy, messiness and love that is poured into it! X

Jane Eyre adapted by Chris Bush  Jessica Mensah - Director  Phoebe Stapleton - Movement Director  Sinead O’Keeffe - Voice Director and Dialect Coach Michael Vale - Set design  Natasha Molchanova - Assistant Director & Acting Coach   Ivy Stewart – Costume Designer & Hair and Make Up  Johnny Edwards - Sound designer   Kevin McCurdy – Fight Director  📸 by @rahpetherbridgephotography Rah Petherbridge    Props Maker – Geraldine O’Reily    Brooke Jenkins - Singing Coach  Olivia Baxter & Ciara Galway – Assistant Stage Managers    Michelle Hu – Hair & Makeup Assistant  Costume Team - Michaela Abaffyova, Lily Bohannon, Amelia Brooks, Gigi Chon, Alie Genus, Erin Gregory, Samantha Hoppe, Evie Jones, Yiqi Kong, Kloe Nunez, Katie Sirrett, Tilly Somner, Rex Tans, Yasmin Thomas, Evae Todd, Amare Wilcher, Ruby Williams, Yuxin Wu, Anan Xu Props - Nina Charman, Maisy Wynne-Roberts, Lucas Tarrant and Megan Belton Set build - Joshua Johnson and Lily Robinson Isaac Hutchinson, Erin Nash, Francesca Calori, Ben Delany, Andrea Midtiede & Tui Kennaway - Music Orchestrator and Composer  Alexandra Anzemberger - Stage Manager   Antonio Mellado - Sound Technician   Simon Powell - Video Technician   Carey Chomsoonthorn - Lighting Designer and Programmer   Dexter Nineberg - Rigging and Flys  Mihika Bahety - Support Technician   Nigel Little - Lead Specialist Technician   Paula Rivas - Production Manager Freddie Lippi - Technical Manager   Steven Kavuma - Course Leader Esther Armstrong - Programme Director for Performance Design and Technologies  Jayne Knowles - Dean of Art and Performance for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges Special thanks to:  Davy Stringer – Year 2 Lead, BA (Hons) Costume for Theatre and Screen Holly Pedley – Costume Support  Kevin Mathurin - Content Warning Voice   Grace Siofra Taylor - Content Warning Sound Editing

An incredible opportunity to be a Choreographer for the Ideas Incubator Lab co-curated by @englishnationalballet and @chisenhaledance at Mulryan Centre for Dance. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, and love to all those I had the privilege to move with! x This lab focused on developing disability-led, inclusive and integrated practice. As part of it, I continued working on a movement piece I began a few years ago, which centres the world around the neurodivergent child’s perspective. A big question I kept coming back to was: What moves you? The meaning of this question keeps shifting. Often, it’s been about the joy of movement and its potential to transcend communication barriers. But right now, it feels more urgent. The proposed changes to Access to Work threaten the future of disability employment, inclusive leadership, and our wider cultural sector. So I’m holding that question What moves you? As a reminder of why this matters. I know our weeks are busy, but if you can, please write to your MP and speak up for the value disabled creatives bring to our cultural sector and society. And if writing’s not your thing, you can add your name to this brilliant open letter: tinyurl.com/AtWLetter #ProtectATW

@kimberley.j.harvey a true leader and champion of all. After quietly following Kimberley’s work for years, it was so special to be mentored by her as part of the Ideas Incubator created by @englishnationalballet and @chisenhaledance Kimberley carves out unique paths while gently making space for others to do the same. She leads with creativity, integrity, and the kind of kindness that stays with you. Powerful & uniquely inspiring. X