Trigger

TEABREAK

Explore the journey of tea through dance, music, and chai

Catch your breath and enjoy a free, freshly made brew in this heart-warming show by Trigger.  

TEABREAK was commissioned by Without Walls and was part of our epic PoliNations programme at the Commonwealth Games cultural programme. This show has toured to 28 festivals and been seen by over 6000 audience members at fetivals including Brighton Festival GDIF, and Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

It is a meditative immersive audio piece with two dancers and chai is served out of our beautiful hand painted tuk tuk.

"TEABREAK is a beautiful show with such intriguing storytelling through sound and dance. Audiences were entranced by the briliant performance set with the backdrop of Tilgate Park in Crawey'" Becky Jones, Creative Playground Crawley

Booking

If you are a festival or programmer interested in booking TEABREAK and would like a tour pack, please contact Assistant Producer and Marketing Officer Letty Gardner:

Tour Dates

TEABREAK 2025

Grimm & Co's Festival of Stories, Rotherham, 29th - 30th May

Yeovil Together Festival, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 6th July

Frome Festival, Victoria Park, Frome, 13th July

Now Then! Selby, 2nd August

Now Then! Sherburn, 17th August

Warrington Mela, 31st August

Yeo Valley Organic Garden Festival, Tuk Tuk Pop Up, 18th - 20th September

Croydon Harvest, Katharine Street, Croydon, 4th & 5th October

TEABREAK 2024

Basingstoke Festival, Basingstoke, 29th - 30th June

Festival of Making, Blackburn, 6th - 7th July

Around the Lake Festival by Creative Playground Crawley, London, 14th July

Redbridge Outdoor Arts and South Asian Heritage Month, London, 20th - 21st July

BD:Festival, Bradford, 27th July

Feel Good Family Picnic, Rochdale, 30th July - 2nd August

Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham, 23rd - 25th August

Harbour Fest, Whitehaven, 31st August

The Full Shebang, Mansfield, 7th September

Edible Grimsby, Grimsby, 5th October

TEABREAK 2023

Norfolk & Norwich Festival, 13th - 14th May

Brighton Festival, 27th - 28th May

Leeds 2023, 1st May

Timber Festival, 7th - 9th July

Milton Keynes International, 21st July

Certain Blacks, 21st - 23rd July

Birmingham 2023, 1st August

The Big Feast- Appetite Stoke, 25th August

Greenwich & Docklands Festival, 26th August

Festival of Thrift, Billingham, 23rd - 24th September

Arts By The Sea, Bournemouth, 30th September - 1st October

"Attending TEABREAK had a really profound effect on us. At the time we were moved, but it has really stuck with us both. It's the benchmark to which we compare all other performances! I think about it regularly - the anecdotes, the calm, and the sense of community and connection."

Audience member, Brighton Festival

Creative Team

Angie Bual
Director
Lou Cope
Dramaturg
Divija Melally & Kali Chandrasegaram
Dancers
George Bloomfield
Composer and Sound Designer
Prithvi Sachithanandam
Sound Recordist
Bronia Housman & Carl Robertshaw
Tuk Tuk design
Reiltin Hart and Raphaella Philcox
Tuk Tuk Assistant Designers/ Illustrators
Nick Murley
Tuk Tuk Scenic Artist
Rakae Jamil
Musician
Jan Patzke
Production Manager
Nancy Fry
Artist Liaison
Paige Stevens
Artist Liaison
Funder + Partners

TEABREAK has been supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Timber Festival. The tuk tuk was originally developed as part of PoliNations Birmingham, commissioned by UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK.