About us

Spare Tyre is one of the UK’s leading participatory arts companies. We have over 35 years of experience of creating theatre with voiceless communities.

Right now we work with people aged 60+, adults with learning disabilities, and women who have experienced violence.

We enable creativity, sharing and risk-taking in supportive workshop environments. We develop new models of working with communities with changing needs. We challenge prejudice with bold and powerful shows. We use a multi-sensory, multi-artform approach across all of our work.

We disseminate our learning and practice to promote change in the creative sector, social sector and wider community. This includes our artists, admin staff, volunteers, care staff, and our partners such as day centres and residential homes.