**Dream Big. Dream Different.**

Welcome to imPOSSIBLE. A thriving global platform of the possible.

imPOSSIBLE Producing are Charlie and Gabby. We are Creative.

We founded imPOSSIBLE Producing CIC and we make theatre, events, experiences, festivals, ideas and change happen.

We care about the world. We develop artists and new work. We work really hard and always deliver.

OUR MISSION: To make people and projects possible

Our bread and butter is developing people and creative projects. We put artists and big thinkers in the driving seat - with fulfilling, pioneering, sustainable and socially impactful results. We work locally, nationally and Internationally.

OUR VISION: A sustainable local, national and international cultural ecosystem with freelancers in the driving seat.

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THE STRANDS OF WHAT WE DO

imPOSSIBLE’s creative engine makes a significant contribution to Cornwall’s ambition to be a world leading rural creative economy.

We produce a programme of high-quality cultural experiences by developing talent, new work, and audiences through:

Productions: We create work to co-produce locally, nationally and internationally - spreading South West talent across our local landscape and across the globe. We are theatrical midwives helping to birth new ideas here in Cornwall for national stages. In 2024 we launched The South West End - large scale, high profile, commercial potential productions led by Cornish & SW talent - See The Creakers and A Child of Science for more info.
Falmouth International Arts Festival (FIAFest.org): World-class theatre, music, dance & digital. An annual showcase event in partnership with local businesses that attracts 20,000 visitors + significant local audience / employment.
Talent and Sector Development: Including our now famous Island Residencies and the Made in Cornwall Summit delivered in partnership with South West and National Cultural sector partners we develop talent and new ideas through workshops, residencies and retreats, events, producing support, R&D and placements.
Consultancy and Producing: We regularly work with companies and individuals both in and beyond the creative sector offering creative problem solving and change consultancy, retreats, vision, mission and values workshops, event design and management, research, evaluation and fundraising.

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"With a rare spirit of goodwill & generosity imPOSSIBLE have resolutely made things happen & defied the odds. The region needs them" Mike Shepherd (Previous Artistic Director of Kneehigh 2022).

How to get involved:

Book us for Creative problem solving, consultancy or event planning. Or for producing support or advice - see more in the Services section of the website or contact us at gabby@impossibleproducing.com
We have sponsorship opportunities across our shows & festival for exciting brand partnerships or donate towards our new work development.
contact gabby@impossibleproducing.com
Invest in our ambition for the South West End contact gabby@impossibleproducing.com for information

**OUR VALUES**

We want to disrupt the “normal” and promise to always bring:
Honesty
Activism
Vision
Optimism
Collaboratiion
and general **HAVOC** to all we do.

WHY DO WE EXIST

The company was co-founded in May 2020 by experienced producers Gabby Vautier (Young Vic, Barbican, MIF, Punchdrunk) and Charlie Bunker (WildWorks, Arts Council England) who combine 20 years senior management experience in the UK performance sector. We initally formed Impossible in response to the Pandemic and its devastating impact on individuals in the creative sectors. We knew we needed to help freelancers make things possible. We are great at ideas and making them happen. We know how to develop a project from a glimmer of an idea to stage and beyond. We are massively ambitious and bold with our thinking.

As excellent creative problem solvers and development agency we have a really clear strategy for supporting the creative sector UK wide and our local community to grow and flourish We are experts in developing new creative work and ideas. We create connections, trade routes and cultural export to and from the SW and support and give individuals opportunities to thrive.

In our founding years we have delivered over 40 creative projects and 3 International arts festivals. For our first project as a new company, we beat 92 established organisations to win Londons Royal Docks commission to create ARRIVAL - a large scale outdoor production to launch the Lord Mayors Cultural Strategy of Newham with a cast of 500. We piloted Big Skies with 10 newly appointed Theatre Artistic Directors which led to us launching our talent development programme The Island bringing together artists, producers and activists for conversation, producing support, R&D and Cornish retreats. Most of our productions have been created as a result of being part of The Island.

In 2022 we launched Falmouth International Arts Fest (Fiafest) bringing and showcasing incredible local, national and International contemporary live performance, including artists Okhams Razor , the Beatbox Academy and Paula Varjack here at our festival by the sea.

2023’s FIAFest brought Le Gateau Chocolat, Abandoman and High Steaks by Eloina Haines to perform alongside Made in Cornwall productions including Tom Jackson Greaves beautiful semi autobiographical piece All That Glitters a collaboration with University of Exeter Arts & Culture surrounding the theme of Critical Minerals.

In 2024 we launched The South West End - two large scale productions and led by SW talent in collaboration with excellent national creatives A Child of Science starring Tom Felton at Bristol Old Vic sold out and was nominated for UK Theatre Award for Best Play 2024 and received critical acclaim (★★★★★ The Times), “gripping” (★★★★The Telegraph) and “powerful” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage). The Creakers , was a new large scale family musical adapted from the best selling book by Tom Fletcher which opened at Theatre Royal Plymouth and transferred for a sell-out Christmas run at Southbank Centre London.

Last year we produced shows with The Royal Court (Cow | Deer, Porn Play, and John Proctor is the Villain) and with Out of the Archive at Sheffield Theatre / Southwark Playhouse (Gwenda’s Garage), and Beyond Face (In Search of Goldoni)

We also secured a £220k “Make it Possible” Shared Prosperity Funding (SPF) Grant enabling us to; Rebrand as a Theatre, Events and Experiences Company, Launch Studio i - the Impossible Ideas Studio, Support the development of 12 new locally made live and digital ideas, Convert Impossible Producing Ltd to a CIC, Develop a range of merchandise, Employ and train Producers & Production Managers, and explore and test 360 Immersive Dome Content.

FIAFest 2026 brought the brilliant comedians Sarah Keyworth and Cally Beaton, home grown experimental artist Emma Frankland, Figs in Wigs, Temi Wilkey and the one and only MR MOTIVATOR. The festival also featured a two day sector development The Made in Cornwall Summit which brought 150 local and national industry delegates to our vibrant performance festival where we showcased the 12 new projects developed through our studio work and held talks and workshops about making work in tricky times.

Currently we are planning our 2027 FIAFest Programme and continuing to develop our studio work which was developed and showcased in March 2026: Community Service by Seamas Carey is now touring locally, nationally and internationally, Life Underwater by Laura Horton received investment for a staged read at The Criterion Theatre, London's West End, Sad Bride by Charlotte Merriam and Donut Dollies by Tamara Rosenwyn are performing at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe. The Mayor of Nancegollan received ACE funding for a Rural Tour. Aunting by Alix Harris for Beyond Face will be produced by us for a UK tour in Summer 2027.

We have supported the development of scripts, shows, orchestras, podcasts and creative ideas and have produced shows, events and festivals. We regularly creative problem solve and consult for companies in and out of the creative sector. We have worked with over 1000 artists & thousands of participants, reaching over 100,000 audiences for our live work. We have supported training of 200 students and graduates and offered 40 placements across our programme.

"Impossible Producing is exactly what Cornwall's needed for a very long time. Disparate, floating artists being supported, challenged & championed by two powerhouse women. It suddenly doesn't feel so precarious."Seamas Carey (Community Service, Help I think I’m a Nationalist & The Reason Why Podcast)