5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
On the 19th October 2026, the company celebrated it’s 5th anniversary and, to commemorate it, a few changes and some exciting announcements were made:
Firstly, we wish to thank everybody who has worked with us, helped, supported, donated and seen our shows. We couldn’t do this work without you!
Photo credits for collage: Claire Griffiths (Henry’s End). Natasha Turner, Billie Hindle, Ashton Taylor (1984 by George Orwell).
Old logo by @silverstappen33 on Instagram. Collage made by Billie Hindle
It was announced that Octavius Theatre Company had now legally changed its name to Octavius Productions.
We decided that, theatre is great, but what if we didn’t limit ourselves to just that medium? We had many people asking for a digital way of watching our previous play, and while we couldn’t oblige that time, it got us thinking. What if there was a way to get our shows to more fans intertantionally?
Octavius Productions logo by @silverstappen33 on Instagram
And BAM! We decided the perfect way to celebrate this change and our five years was to revive the show that started it all! Henry’s End has been announced to be getting a podcast version! Fully voice acted with music, soundscaping, the works! And it will be available for free but there will be funding opportunities soon for extra goodies and early access!
Henry’s End cover art painted by @silverstappen33 on Instagram and edited by Billie Hindle.
Thank you to absolutely everyone who has supported us and worked with us over the years. Below is an exhaustive list of everyone who has worked with the company or donated to us in the first five years. Here’s to many more years!
- Billie Hindle (Founder, Director, Producer, Actor, Composer, Sound Designer, Script Editor, Graphic Designer, Costume Manager, Makeup artist, Technician, Photographer, Shareholder, R&D)
- Luke Cheadle (Founder, Writer, Script Editor, Set Designer, Assistant Director, Script Editor, Actor, R&D, Driver)
- Charlie Hindle (Artist, Graphic Designer, Actor, Makeup Artist, R&D)
- Emily Mitchell (Actor, Set Designer, Technician, Makeup artist, R&D)
- Luke Berryman (Actor, R&D)
- Adam Goldwater (Actor, Swing, Technician, Photographer, Driver)
- Dan Wilson (Actor, Makeup Artist, R&D)
- Jack Taylor (Actor, Makeup Artist, Photographer)
- Pippa Fitt (Actor, Makeup Artist)
- Ashton Taylor (Model, Photographer)
- Lloyd Mitchell (Actor, Driver)
- Anusia Battersby (Actor)
- Max Sandiford (Technical Consultant)
- Claire Griffiths (Photographer)
- Natasha Turner (Photographer)
- Rebecca Cheadle (FOH)
- Kieron Moore (Model, Donor)
- Thomas Livesy (Model)
- Nicholas Eccles (Model)
- Deanna Ryan (Top Donor)
- Suzie Frazer (Donor)
- Martyn Pratt (Donor)
- David Chriscole (Donor)
- Qisqeya Beltra (Donor)
- Ferdinand Walker (Donor)
- Dow Kimbrell (Donor)
Special thanks to: ARTCH Studios, Ryan Croughan, Minor Spillage Productions, Weird Rainbow Films, Merlin Entertainments, The Old Electric, Salford Arts Theatre, The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Rusty Quill, Sainsbury’s Blackpool North, Manchester Central Library, University of Manchester.
