WINNER! Touchstone Independent Film Festival awards Virtually Single starring Lorien Haynes and Travis Leete Best Comedy Short, August 2023.
Experience Live Theatre in Your Own Venue
Stellar will engage and delight you with our repertoire of new writing by notable playwrights. Our plays are arresting, compelling, and a fantastic source of rich conversation about their themes and resonance.
Leading actors from stage and screen will read your chosen play, or key scenes, in your home or private venue, after which they will join you in a lively and informal discussion of the performance. On request we are also able to provide bespoke entertainments to suit your occasion.
Your bespoke Stellar evening will be unforgettable and one that your private audience will find extraordinary for its unparalleled access to the very heart of live theatre.
Stellar People
A shared and successful association with Hampstead Theatre is what brought Karen and Peggy together. Being under the same creative and energetic roof not only introduced us to each other, but seeded and grew our vision for what has now become Stellar Theatre. Stellar has a wide network of eminent theatre professionals ‐ actors, playwrights and literary managers ‐ with whom we are able to collaborate to bring the excitement of the live Stellar Theatre experience to you.
Karen Paul, co-founder
and executive producer
Karen, together with Peggy, has developed Stellar’s innovative theatre concept, and shaped the strategic direction of the company. Karen has pioneered the look and feel of Stellar to distinguish it from the traditional theatre offering, and leads the delivery of private, bespoke events. With her extensive knowledge of the theatre scene, she has talent-spotted actors to join the Stellar Company and has discovered fascinating and diverse plays for our repertoire. She is also a trustee of Hampstead Theatre and chair of its Development Board. Karen read Modern Languages and then Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. She was a Partner at city law firm, Olswang.
Peggy Vance, co-founder
and artistic director
Peggy, together with Karen, has developed Stellar’s innovative theatre concept, and shaped the strategic direction of the company. She has curated an important collection of new plays from established and emerging playwrights that Stellar can offer digitally or in the room. Her long career in theatre, publishing, and writing underpins the artistic direction of Stellar Theatre. Peggy trained as an actor at Drama Centre, London, before reading English Literature at Christ’s College, Cambridge. She was Publisher at DK, Penguin Random House, and founded and for many years ran The Writing Bureau, a high-profile network of authors and editors.
“Three cheers for Stellar Theatre ... Stellar already has a terrific line-up of actors and plays – and … [is] an innovative idea, worthy of your attention.”
MATT D’ANCONA, Editor and Partner, Tortoise Media
“Stellar Theatre brings ‘one night only magic’ into people’s homes.”
BRIDGET GALTON, Features Editor, Ham&High
“Short plays on engaging, provocative, entertaining subjects, beautifully acted and eloquently discussed, possibly accompanied by a glass of champagne. It certainly makes for one starry, starry night!”
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