Z-arts has had the privilege of working with and supporting some truly incredible artists over the years. Supporting them to develop, not only, new and exciting work for children and families but also to develop themselves and their practice.
Below is a selection of some of the many artists Z-arts has been able to work with.
Chad Taylor
Chad Taylor is an artist who has a very personal relationship with Z-arts which started in his childhood, when he used to attend dance sessions here. Since then, he has become a highly respected dancer, choreographer, and audio visual theatre maker. Using tech, music and dance to create immersive high impact piece of theatre.
He has previously been supported by Z-arts and Big Imaginations to create ‘When I Hear Music‘.
He has previously been supported to Z-arts, STUN and HOME as part of the Homemakers project to create Lost Online.
Lost Online is inspired through young people and families’ use of dance challenges on TikTok and Instagram and creates a conversation between social media and hip-hop dance. Choreographer Chad Taylor allows dance to move between people who are physically apart, so they can dance together without being in the same place.
Dr Ria Meera Munshi
Ria has a long standing and strong relationship with Z-arts, receiving support from us in the creation of multiple incredible piece of theatre for children and families. Her previous works with us include the shows: ‘Sue and Sita’ and ‘The Dancing Elephant’. Ria is currently being support by Z-arts to create her newest show for children and families called ‘The Magic Stick’.
Carnifølk
Carnifølk are a multi-city theatre company who specialise in creative immersive, playful, fun and imaginative theatre for adults. They’re well known within the UK festival scene as they regularly get bookings to perform installations at festivals across the UK, including the well renowned BOOMTOWN festival.
Z-arts’ relationship with Carnifølk is a new one. First introduced to use by Jess Edwards (a graduate from a collaborative Producer Training Course that Z-arts co-ran with Lowry and HOME), Z-arts supported Jess and Carnifølk to research and develop their first every children’s piece of theatre called ‘The Thief of Tateville’, which was performed for the first time as a work-in-progress sharing in September 2025 and was received greatly by audiences.
Coalesce Dance Theatre
Coalesce are another company with a strong and long standing connection to Z-arts. having been supported by us to develop new work and also programmed by us to perform in our venue, Coalesce are well known for their high quality, exciting dance theatre for children and families.
We regularly support them with space to ply, dance, research, develop, create and rehearse. We have also in the past financially supported them to aid them to develop new dance performance work. Most notably, we have supported Coalesce to create their new show ‘Mika and the Polar Bear’ which toured the UK in 2025.
One Tenth Human
One Tenth Human are an increidble company with a history of creating incredible, captivating and exciting performance work and installations for children and their families. They have created such shows as ‘The Lightbulb Princess’, ‘Pipes and Poo’ and ‘So Unfair’.
Z-arts’ have a great relationship with One Tenth Human, that has been built of a number of year and has allowed us to work together to ensure the delivery of some truly excellent work. We have also been able to support them to create not only shows for children and families but also a schools programme called ‘Terri and the Time Machine’ which is a programme of work that delivers a creative way of teaching.
Elayne Ogbeta
Elayne Ogbeta was supported by Z-arts and Half Moon over the course of 5 years to research, develop, dramaturg and ultimately have her award winning children’s show ‘Grandad Anansi’ co-produced by Z-arts and Half Moon, which was then followed by a tour in 2022 and then a remounted tour in 2025.
Since Grandad Anansi was first produced and toured, she has also received additional supported in the researching and developing her second children’s show ‘Tunde and the Story Book’.