Tiny Dragon is an innovative production company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne who bring together creative storytelling and digital entertainment to develop new, immersive events in a variety of commercial locations. Led by Matt Runham and Pippa Fox who have extensive successful experience in producing and creating theatre as well as project and event management.
The business was formed in December 2021 with the aim of shifting storytelling and production away from traditional spaces, and towards immersive entertainment designed to be enjoyed by mass, mainstream audiences.
Immersive: providing, involving, or characterised by deep absorption or immersion in an activity that takes place in a real or artificial environment.
We create physical entertainment experiences enhanced by digital technologies that blur the line between film, games and theme park attractions, developed in the North-East.
Audiences have already journeyed into space and back with Space Camp, our first immersive adventure, and this summer we took families on a journey under the sea with The Deep Blue. Over the next 18 months we’ll be developing brand new ideas that can take audiences on a magical sleigh ride with Santa, a wild adventure with dinosaurs or be immersed in a terrifying zombie apocalypse.
Alongside our own projects, Tiny Dragon Productions provide consultancy work to a range of arts organisations and companies focussing on business development, producing, tour booking and programming.
About Us
Meet The Team
Matt Runham - Company Director
matt@tinydragonproductions.co.uk
Matt has been working in theatre since 2005. He's worked as an actor, a workshop leader, a stage manager and for the last ten years as a producer. Following five years producing and programming at Curve in Leicester he moved to Newcastle to take up the role of Senior Producer for Northern Stage, setting up a new Artistic Planning team and overseeing the producing/co-producing and touring of all their shows, alongside curating their visiting programme. His work has been seen by over half a million people in the UK and internationally.
Part of the UK Theatre team who negotiated the new Writer's Guild agreements 2019 he is particularly interested in building partnerships and developing performance programmes. Notable work includes Sting’s The Last Ship and The Young 'Uns The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff.
Pippa Fox - Company Director
pippa@tinydragonproductions.co.uk
Pippa is a Producer and Project Manager with a degree in Dance & Professional Practice from the University of Bedfordshire. Pippa taught dance before pursuing a career in Arts Administration; working initially at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds within the programming team and as Assistant Producer. In 2015 Pippa joined internationally acclaimed physical theatre company Gecko as Project & Participation Manager. During this time, she supported the creation and national/international touring of Gecko’s productions, and led on the co-ordination of the company’s participation work. In 2019 Pippa relocated to Newcastle to become the Producer at Northern Stage; responsible for line producing Northern Stage’s in house productions, and for programming visiting work into the theatre’s three stage spaces. She is a board member for Dance City in Newcastle.
Emma Bell - Office Manager
emma@tinydragonproductions.co.uk
Emma is an experienced Administrator and Office Manager. She has worked in multiple industries over the years, including the arts, retail, manufacturing, communications, construction, tech, publishing and local government.
She is relatively new to the arts, having worked as the Executive Assistant for Northern Stage for the last 3 years and is the newest member to join Tiny Dragon as their Office Manager.
Emma has an obsession with dogs and can't walk past one without asking to say hi! She is a homebody and loves nothing more than being with her family. She loves music, food, TV and the beach - it's the simple things.
Our Projects
Photography Credits:
Von Fox Promotions
Northern Designers
Pamela Wraith