Chichester Festival Theatre

TrinityBridge announces Chloe Bradbury as Future Theatre Maker

TrinityBridge is delighted to announce Chloe Bradbury as its selected Future Theatre Maker, supported through our partnership with Chichester Festival Theatre. As the first organisation to sponsor a Future Theatre Maker, we are proud to champion Chloe’s work and her commitment to using theatre as a powerful tool for connection, communication and wellbeing.

Chloe is the Artistic Director of Little Wild Theatre, a company dedicated to supporting children’s wellbeing through immersive theatrical experiences inspired by the natural world. She has worked extensively across the applied theatre sector as a performer, facilitator and producer, collaborating with underserved communities including adults in recovery from addiction, unaccompanied minors, refugees and asylum seekers, children with SEND, and audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.

At the heart of Chloe’s creative practice is a deep passion for supporting young people’s emotional wellbeing. Her work is shaped by a clear understanding of how emotional regulation, secure attachment and access to an emotional toolkit are fundamental to healthy development — and how the absence of these core needs can lead to adverse life experiences later in life. Through theatre, Chloe creates environments where children feel seen, supported and able to express themselves in ways that feel natural and safe.

Chloe launched Little Wild Theatre in February 2024 with her debut show Welcome to the World. Created without funding and developed from her living room with the support of friends and collaborators, the production has since been performed more than 115 times across the UK, reaching just under 4,000 audience members in only 18 months.

Support from the Future Theatre Makers programme will enable Chloe’s development as an emerging Artistic Director and support the creation of her second show, Foreverland. The new work responds to a clear and growing need among children aged 3–7 — including pre‑verbal children, those with English as an additional language, and children experiencing anxiety or complex social, emotional and mental health needs — who face barriers to expressing how they feel.

Foreverland explores creative, non‑verbal ways for children to communicate emotions and for those feelings to be better understood and supported by the adults caring for them. By addressing isolation, dysregulation and emotional misunderstanding at an early stage, the work aims to strengthen wellbeing and foster connection for children and families alike.

As Chloe begins this next chapter with the support of Chichester Festival Theatre and TrinityBridge, we are proud to help remove barriers for new talent, open doors to opportunity and contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable future for the creative sector.