The Flip Side
July 2025 marked a major milestone for Compass Collective: our first commissioned production!
The Flip Side was a co-production with the National Youth Theatre for StoryFest, NYT’s new writing festival. Written by Shireen Mula and directed by Compass Associate Artist Eleanor Henderson, The Flip Side was a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of life for twenty-somethings who have come from near and far to live in London
The piece was devised with and written for our incredible joint cast of Compass and NYT actors. Over three R&D workshop days, two online sessions, one week of rehearsals, and two days of tech, they devised, developed and finessed the two-act production.
The cast gave two unforgettable, sold-out performances, earning standing ovations on both nights.
As a result of their contributions and performances at StoryFest, all five of our Compass cast members have been awarded NYT’s prestigious membership.
We would like to extend huge congratulations and thanks to our incredible cast, to El and Shireen, to the entire team at NYT, and to everyone who came to watch.
Photo credit: Tobi Ejirele & National Youth Theatre
“A SUPERB and MOVING performance by the Flip Side Company. Absolutely incredible! Full standing ovations straight away, lots of cheering, whooping, many hands raised for applause... and
not many dry eyes in the audience...”