About Doctor's Surgeries

Are you stuck in your creative process? Wrestling with a devised piece or idea? 

*current availability for surgeries in April and May - Register your interest by emailing [email protected]*

Book yourself in for a free appointment with the Idiot Doctor* (aka our Artistic Director Paul Hunter) who holds surgeries regularly. Appointments are short and sweet at around 20 minutes and they are a chance to talk through an idea you have or creative project you're working on, with the Doctor on hand to act as a sounding board for ideas, and to offer advice, guidance and fresh perspectives.

If you'd like to book an appointment, email us with some information about yourself and what you're working on. As the vast majority of our work is devised, we are more likely to be able to help theatre makers who are also making, or are interested in making devised work.

*If your problem is related to other elements of making theatre, e.g. producing, fundraising or marketing, there are other Idiot Doctors available! Please email us to book an appointment with another member of the TBAI team. 

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Feedback from participants

"Our Doctor's Appointment was brilliantly inspiring and uplifting."

"I found my Doctor's Appointment stimulating and provoking"

"We feel excited and inspired...and so looking forward to what comes from this!"

Can't get to an appointment? Have a look at our FAQs for Theatremakers

The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four"  Ernest Lubitsch