About Hocus Pocus Theatre CIC
Hocus Pocus Theatre is a Community Interest Company creating magical, immersive, and interactive theatre experiences. Founded in 2008, we collaborate with multi-skilled artists to transport audiences to other worlds, spark curiosity, and invite people of all ages to explore the extraordinary.
What We Do
Outdoor and Walkabout Shows – Fun, energetic performances for the whole family that delight and surprise.
Immersive Theatre – Transforming venues to put audiences at the heart of the action.
Site-Specific & Interactive Work – Breaking the boundaries of everyday life, blending comedy, the absurd, and the surreal.
Arts-for-Wellbeing & Creative Health – Participatory projects, healthcare clowning, and workshops that support wellbeing, connection, and creative play.
Our work combines cabaret roots, surreal comedy, and audience interaction, mixing genres and fusing styles to create experiences that are funny, bold, and sometimes wonderfully bizarre.
Our Approach
We believe in play, curiosity, and human connection. Every show, workshop, or participatory project is designed to:
Surprise, delight, and transport audiences
Engage participants of all abilities in imaginative experiences
Blend storytelling, clowning, magic, and the absurd
Encourage empathy, joy, and shared creative experiences
We embrace risk, experimentation, and humour, always creating spaces where audiences can laugh, think, and play.
A Hub for Artists & Communities
Beyond performance, Hocus Pocus Theatre CIC is a regional hub for artist development and creative collaboration. We:
Host workshops with internationally renowned teachers
Support professional growth for performers and facilitators
Champion trauma-informed, inclusive, and person-centred creative practice
Lead projects that connect arts, health, and community
This dual focus — magical theatre for audiences and meaningful development for artists and participants — defines everything we do.
“Pushing at the boundaries of experimental and crossing into the bizarre. They do it superbly well this fresh young company, never taking themselves too seriously and mixing genres, fusing styles and lampooning horror with happy abandon.”
— David Porter, Eastern Daily Press
Join Us in the Magic
Whether as an audience member, participant, or artist, Hocus Pocus Theatre invites you to step into the unexpected, embrace the playful, and experience the extraordinary.
Creative Team
Photo by Joanna Millington
Lucy Enskat – Artistic Director / Artist
Lucy Enskat is the Artistic Director of Hocus Pocus Theatre CIC, creating imaginative, immersive theatre and leading inclusive arts projects. A performer, clown, director, and visual storyteller, she blends humour, play, and collaboration to craft experiences that delight, challenge, and inspire audiences. With training from UEA, The Oxford School of Drama, and masterclasses with Complicité, Avner Eisenberg, Philippe Gaulier, and Peta Lily, Lucy also works as a Clown Doctor and Creative Practitioner, bringing creativity and wellbeing to people of all ages and abilities.
Photo from ‘Factory of Broken Dreams’ by Andi Sapey
Louise Cole – Co-Director / Artist
Louise Cole is Co-Director of Hocus Pocus Theatre CIC, creating theatre and arts projects that place audiences at the centre of the experience. A performer, improviser, and multi-sensory theatre maker, she blends playfulness and curiosity to craft safe, imaginative spaces for exploration. Recently completing an MA in Medical Health and Humanities, Louise also supports the company’s creative and organisational development while also performing.
Photo from ‘Factory of Broken Dreams’ by Andi Sapey
Kate Evans – Co-Director / Artist
Kate Evans is Co-Director of Hocus Pocus Theatre CIC, supporting the company’s artistic vision through creative production, project management, and collaborative performance. A performer, workshop facilitator, and deviser, she brings extensive experience in outdoor, street, and interactive theatre, helping to realise projects from concept to stage while ensuring smooth operational delivery.
Associate Artists
Photo from ‘Factory of Broken Dreams’ by Andi Sapey
Dominic Biddle – Performer / Collaborator
Dominic Biddle is a theatre and community arts maker, performer, puppeteer, and mask maker who transforms public spaces into immersive experiences. He collaborates with Hocus Pocus Theatre as part of the Clown Ensemble and core creative team, contributing to productions including Factory of Broken Dreams and other interactive works. In addition to his arts practice, Dominic is a baker and founder of Biddle’s Bread, supplying local shops, cafes, and pubs, and collaborating with artists, musicians, and creative organisations to combine food, art, and community in inventive ways.
Photo for ‘GUILTY PARTY’ by Andi Sapey
Lucy Garland - Performer / Collaborator
Lucy has performed as one of the company’s Bearded Ladies, meeting Prince Charles on whom she made quite an impression. She also devised and co-wrote the original GUILTY PARTY! script with Lucy Enskat and together they adapted it for the Norwich Arts Centre extravaganza for NYE 2016. A remarkable individual, she also runs her own company Frozen Light who create exciting and original multi-sensory theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and tour their productions across the UK.
Photo from ‘GUILTY PARTY!’ by Andi Sapey
Laura McGill & Sarah Lewis - Dance Artists / Collaborator
Laura and Sarah are visionary dance artists, choreographers and teachers who run Glass House Dance. They have collaborated with Hocus Pocus Theatre and performed in GUILTY PARTY. Laura also choreographed ensemble moments for ‘Night Magic’. We love working with these wonderful ladies. They know how to get people moving with their infectious passion for dance and play a mean pair of criminals too.
Photo from ‘Night Magic’ by JMA Photography
Daisy Black - Artist / Collaborator
Alex McAleer - Mentalist / Collaborator
This dynamic duo combine the talents of Daisy Black, aerialist, writer and founder of contemporary circus company Gossamer Thread Circus and International Mindreader extraordinaire Alex McAleer. Alex has been touring with Champions of Magic and Daisy producing her own shows and cabarets together as well as touring their own acts. They headed up the cabaret element of GUILTY PARTY and co-wrote Night Magic with Hocus Pocus Theatre, famous for their macabre act of actually sawing Daisy in half. Has to be seen to be believed.
We are proud to have been supported by:
Arts Council England, StartEast and Norfolk County Council.
