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About Trigger
We are shapeshifting creatives
Trigger are shapeshifting creatives who dream-up, create and produce bold and brave live and digital events. We interrupt daily life, reimagine and revive public spaces, and put audiences and togetherness at the heart of everything we do. Our work is accessible, inclusive and boundary pushing, and is often large-scale and often outdoors. We create epic, imaginative spaces, fly giant dragons and grow magical pop-up gardens.
Trigger’s vision is brought to life by diverse teams of cross-disciplinary artists and creatives and aim shine a spotlight on the creativity of local communities. We use our platform to showcase new, emerging, inspiring and under-represented talent. When we are handed the microphone, we use it to highlight issues that are important to us all, even if they are difficult to navigate. Trigger is for everyone, and everyone is invited.
We take people with us
We are supporters, mentors, educators, and creative sounding boards. Through placements, internships, traineeships and volunteering opportunities, we offer up-and-coming creatives and visionary minds professional and personal development. Our relationships are wide reaching and long lasting. Once you’ve worked with Trigger, you are part of the Trigger team for life. Find out more about our current opportunities.
We initiate, cultivate & manage
We make ideas come to life, whether they’re our own, other artists’ or a combination of both. We initiate ideas in response to major issues, frustrations and divisions of our time. We work with creatives to help develop their ideas, fundraise, generate partnerships and project manage. We break boundaries and instigate new live and digital experiences with creators and makers from all sorts of backgrounds. We are not bound by form, shape or medium.
We nurture future generations
We partner with institutions such as the University West of England, University of Bristol and University of Plymouth to offer students and alumni new creative experiences. We also consult on new talent development programmes and have worked with South West Creative Technology Network, Cheltenham Trust, Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Apples & Snakes. If you are a potential Higher Education partner, please get in touch – we’d love to have a chat.
Who we are
Trigger is led by Co-Directors Angie Bual and Natalie Adams. We are a contemporary company driven to make work in response to major issues, frustrations and divisions of our time. Trigger is a registered charity (Charity No.1194328) based in North Somerset.
“Ultra smart producers”
The Scotsman
Angie Bual
Creative Director | Joint CEO
(she/her)
Angie is the Creative Director of Trigger. She is a winner of the Creative Producer Arts Foundation Award.
Angie is a Creative Fellow as part of the Bristol City Fellows, and is a member of the London Area Council of Arts Council England. She is also a Clore Fellow (Theatre).
Natalie Adams
Executive Director | Joint CEO
(she/her)
Natalie is the Executive Director of Trigger. Natalie has produced for Paines Plough, Coney and nabokov, and has led projects for the Imperial War Museum, National Trust, Chester Zoo and Museum of London.
Natalie is a member of the South West Area Council of Arts Council England and is on the Board of the Independent Theatre Council.
Jane O’Brien
Assistant Producer
(she/her)
Jane has worked on diverse cross artform projects from Bristol to Berlin. Her passion lies at the intersection of arts & social change and she has a keen interest in site-specific projects. Jane completed an MA in Curating in 2018 and spent 18 months working for The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre before joining Trigger.
Becca Gill
Senior Producer
(she/her)
Becca is a producer who specialises in performance in public space and creative technology. She has produced for Kaleider, Inside Out Dorset, The Eden Project/14-18NOW and South West Creative Technology Network amongst others. She was Programmer for Dartington Live working with companies such as Darkfield, Onteroerend Goed & Fuel. Working for Activate she strategically developed the Theatre sector in Dorset.
Luke Macpherson
Senior Producer
(he/him)
Luke headed up the producing team at Serious where he worked for five years, delivering the London Jazz Festival alongside a range of indoor, outdoor and touring productions across London and the UK.
He previously produced cross-arts work in the museum sector and developed his own music events.
Hatty Campbell-Taylor
Communications & Marketing Manager
(she/her)
Hatty is an arts marketer with experience in visual arts and live performing arts events in indoor and outdoor spaces. She spent several years with arts and performance festival The Performance Arcade in Wellington, New Zealand.
Since returning to the UK Hatty has worked with Affordable Art Fair, Bristol-based commercial gallery Livingstone St Ives and Activate Performing Arts.
Selina Ocean
Communications Consultant
(she/her)
Selina is an arts marketing specialist with over ten years’ experience of delivering marketing strategies in the cultural sector for a variety of arts organisations; including leading the marketing and digital communications campaigns for Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture; 14-18 NOW, and Season for Change.
Selina joined Trigger in 2021 and is also working with large-scale public arts organisation Artichoke Trust. Selina is a trustee for cross-disciplinary arts company Fevered Sleep.
Prithvi Sachithanandam
Marketing & Communications Assistant
(he/him)
Prithvi is a recent Chemical Engineering Masters graduate and aspiring arts marketer. He has previously managed digital communications and social media campaigns for charity and performing arts organisations, and is now further exploring the creative sector in his role with Trigger.
Prithvi enjoys the amalgamation of science, technology and art in projects and events, and bringing them to people using exciting and imaginative marketing.
Lucy Chappell
Administrator
(she/her)
Lucy is an experienced administrator with an MA in Arts Management from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She previously worked with UTA Arts CIC and the Young Actors’ Studio at RWCMD.
Lucy is passionate about inclusion and participation in the arts and enjoys the behind the scenes administrative processes which make great projects possible.
Sarah Kingswell
Interim Head of Finance
(she/her)
Sarah worked as General Manager at Theatre Bristol for eleven years, and now provides general, finance and project management on a freelance basis, with a particular interest in supporting small to medium companies and individual artists.
She is currently working with RISE Youth Dance, The Javaad Alipoor Company, Gentle Radical, and Firebird Theatre as well as Trigger.
Sarah is a trustee of Can’t Sit Still, a charity that devises performances and projects using physical theatre, circus, and live music.
Natalie Skidmore
Head of Finance and Operations
(she/her)
With a unique merge of logic and creativity, Natalie thrives in process, bringing new perspectives to financial management and business operations. Natalie has worked in the creative sector for over 10 years at In Between Time, Bristol Festivals and Design West. Natalie particularly enjoys watching people grow and flourish through participation in creative practice and believes this opportunity should be open to all.
Board of Trustees
Hannah Slimmon (Chair) | International Development Manager, Horizon
Catrin Owen (Vice Chair) | Director of Communications, Bronze Orchid Studio
Jonathan Peacock | Solicitor and Partner, VWV
Mandy Precious | Director of Strategic Projects, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Silas Adekunle | Technology Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO, Reach Industries
Skinder Hundal | Director of Arts, British Council
