Riptide
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Project Intimacy

Two strangers. Two weeks. One conversation.

From your phone · 14 days · £15

Project Intimacy, a pervasive experience: a woman at a window at night, a lit tower block opposite

We don't break the fourth wall — we demolish the other three too. Our work has run in nightclubs, on city streets, in hotel rooms, through your phone, to a rooftop of an unmarked building in Leeds.

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Reset, a regenerative retreat: a swimmer floating in dark water, seen from above

Reset

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A 21-day creative retreat, done at home, for anyone who used to make things and stopped. One door a day, beginning on the 1st of each month.

At home · 21 days · £45

Sonder, written over moving water

Sonder

Anytime

Download it, put your headphones in, and walk — 360 sound, GPS and theatre laid over the streets you already know.

Leeds · 50 mins · Free

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Leeds Actors Studio

Coming soon

Affordable, ongoing training for actors in Leeds, especially recent graduates who want to keep training. A weekly Company, Uta Hagen skills classes and one-to-one coaching.

Leeds · Tuesday evenings · Training

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Conversations with the best minds in the industry about what making work is really like.

Apple · Spotify · SoundCloud

Who we are

Riptide have been making immersive, interactive and digital experiences from Leeds since 2014. We put the audience at the heart of the work and build it with the technology they already carry.

We are pioneers of care: ITC rates as standard, free mental health support for every artist and freelancer on an opt-out basis, and a trained mental health first aider on every project.

Meet the team Our mission

Alexander Palmer

Alexander Palmer

Founder | Artistic Director

Molly Rigg

Molly Rigg

Executive Producer

Kayleigh Hawkins

Kayleigh Hawkins

Associate Director

Lily Craig

Lily Craig

Associate Artist

Joe Mills

Joe Mills

Associate Artist

Chris O'Connor

Chris O'Connor

Writer | Associate Artist

What people say

“Ambitious and riveting experiences”

The Times

“Genuinely surprising, blurring the line between fiction and reality”

The Guardian

“Riptide tears up the theatrical rulebook”

North West End

“A company to watch”

Lyn Gardner

Winner, Best Immersive Theatre Company — UK Enterprise Awards 2023 & 2025

Work with us

Commissions, R&D and consultancy for venues, festivals, universities and brands. We build the experiences other people can't — and we have the digital infrastructure to run them at scale.

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