Kandinsky
★★★★★ ‘No-one else makes theatre quite like this’
Time Out on Dinomania, 2019
Kandinsky makes and tours live theatre nationally and internationally. We believe in theatre as a force for collaboration and transformation, and our work aims to delight, challenge and surprise our audiences, young and old.
Our previous credits include: Dog Show, New Diorama Theatre (winner: OffWestEnd Award, Peter Brook Festival Award); Trap Street, New Diorama Theatre (transferred to Festival of International New Drama at the Schaubühne, Berlin); There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; SHTF, Schauspielhaus Wien; and The Winston Machine, New Diorama & UK tour.
Kandinsky is run by James Yeatman and Lauren Mooney.
James Yeatman
James has directed and co-written all of Kandinsky’s productions to date.
In other work he is a Complicite Associate, and his work with them includes: The Dark Is Rising – BBC Radio 4 (Dramaturg), The Kid Stays In The Picture – Royal Court (co-adaptor and co-director with Simon McBurney), Beware of Pity – Schaubuhne (co-adaptor and co-director with Simon McBurney) Lionboy by Marcelo Dos Santos – Tricycle and International Tour (Co-Director with Clive Mendus); The Master and Margarita adapted from Bulgakov – Barbican & International Tour (Associate Director)
Other work includes: The Winters Tale adapted and directed by Jeff James – Dailes Teatr Latvia (Dramaturg); Felix’s Room by Adam Ganz and Scanlab Projects – Berliner Ensemble (Associate Director); The Language of Kindness – Shoreditch Town Hall and Touring (Co-Director/Adaptor with Sasha Milavic Davies), The Merchant of Venice – LAMDA (Director), Persuasion – Royal Exchange (Dramaturg/co-adaptor with Jeff James); Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Harold Pinter Theatre (Associate Director).
Lauren Mooney
Lauren has been co-writer and dramaturg on all Kandinsky shows since 2015. Her writing for stage, screen and audio is represented by Imogen Sarre at Casarotto, Ramsay & Associates. She holds extensive audio drama credits with Big Finish. Lauren is also a graduate of the Creative Writing (Prose) MA at University of East Anglia, where she held the David Higham scholarship. Her prose fiction is represented by Veronique Baxter at DHA, and her debut novel, Service, will be published in June 2026 by Manilla (Bonnier).
Lauren’s dramaturgy credits beyond Kandinsky include ColLab (annually at LAMDA 2020-5), My Mother’s Funeral: The Show (Paines Plough Roundabout & UK tour 2024; Yard Theatre & SoHo New York 2025; winner: Fringe First Award, Summerhall Lustrum Award) and forthcoming Top Gs Like Me (Royal & Derngate Northampton). She has worked as a reader for the Royal Court, National Theatre and Polka Playwriting Award. She is a graduate of the Royal Court Playwriting course.
Kandinsky is registered charity no. 1134756
Trustees: Michael Walling (chair), Julian Connerty, Roxan Kamali-Sarvestani, Velin Messalski, Jemma Tabraham, Rishi Trikha.
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