'Event Planning Company of the Year 2025/2026’ - Prestige Awards

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‘Production Company of the Year 2024/2025’ Somerset - Prestige Awards

'Event Planning Company of the Year 2025/2026’ - Prestige Awards 〰️ ‘Production Company of the Year 2024/2025’ Somerset - Prestige Awards

Bold, story-led entertainment, events and immersive experiences that people remember.

At Dog With A Bone Creative Studio, we create bold, story-led entertainment, events and immersive experiences that people remember. Entertainment-led. Experience-driven. Creatively delivered.

From large-scale productions and seasonal spectacles to premium immersive worlds, live entertainment and cultural activations, we create work that captivates audiences and leaves lasting impact. Alongside our original productions and experiences, we offer creative services for venues, destinations, arts organisations and brands, including branding, storytelling, placemaking and creative strategy.

Whether you have a spark of an idea or a full-scale vision, we’re here to help make something extraordinary happen.

The People

  • Experienced theatre director, writer, teacher and creative services consultant driving infectious passion, ideas, and knowledge. Founder and Managing Director of award-winning Dog With A Bone Creative Studio who empower visionaries in the arts, female founders, and organisations with integrity, and award-winning RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, providing performing and production arts training and opportunities for young people.

    Natalia is an alumni of the Exeter Northcott’s Futures Programme and spent two successful years as the Somerset Fringe Festival director. Natalia has worked extensively in both commercial and subsidised theatre in UK and Germany; her expertise is in pantomime, directing/acting methodologies, new work, as well as event management and festivals.

    Companies and individuals worked for include: Europa Park, Bluestone National Resort, North Somerset Council, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Bristol Old Vic, Princess Theatre & Arts Centre, Opera for All, Welsh National Opera, Firebird Theatre Company, Stuart Brayson, Christina Bianco and Ria Jones.

  • Experienced theatre performer, director, writer and creative services consultant excited about big ideas and bold statements. Associate Director of award-winning Dog With A Bone Creative Studio and award-winning RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, alongside long-time collaborative partner Natalia Lewis. Elin has co-written and produced numerous professional plays and a brand new original musical, as well as winning awards for my own poetry and prose.

    As a passionate lover of the arts, Elin has experience in nearly every element of the theatrical world, across musicals, dramas, and seasonal productions, so Elin knows how to bring the magic! Elin has additionally worked as a creative on a wide range of products, using my copywriting, editing, directing, and marketing skills to bring the first sparks of a vision to a burning-bright reality.

  • Kathryn Lincoln (aka Kat) is a London based actor, singer, agent, facilitator and activist. As a queer and neurodiverse person, Kathryn always aims to keep inclusivity and community at the heart of her practice, and believes in the power arts have to create movements for change. She loves to bring magic, laughter and freedom into everything she creates.

    Training: The Oxford School of Drama (3 Years in Acting - 2018-2021); LAMDA (Foundation - 2017); National Youth Theatre (Senior - 2018) (Creative Leader - 2024); Peer Mentoring Skills with Tender & QFC (Level 2 - 2016).

    As an actor, Kathryn has worked with brilliant organisations (listed in her credits below), and charities Our Time and The Octavia Foundation. She brings nuance, vibrancy and a sense of play and discovery to all of her roles. She has had the privilege of singing in theatres and venues in the UK and all across Austria.

    Select Credits:

    Film: The Stalker of Venice (Lifetime USA), Hi Dad (BFI), The Choice (Base Productions), To Be A Woman (Girls in Film). Tevelision: Too Pretty For This (San Azure Productions). Theatre: Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith), Virtual Heroes (Vienna’s English Theatre), Aurora (Les Enfants Terribles), My Mad Mum (Courtyard Arts and Swan Theatre), Circle Game (Southwark Playhouse), Deja Vu (Bread & Roses) and 5 star show Girlhood (Edinburgh Fringe). Voice Over: Dispatches: The Secrets of Coca-Cola (Channel 4).

    Additionally, Kathryn is a National Youth Theatre Creative Leader of 2024. As a facilitator, Kathryn has worked with Tender, Diverse Voices, RAaW and RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts. She encourages participants to feel safe, empowered and creative in her classroom. Kathryn is also an organiser with activist group Green New Deal Rising, and has a sustainable Instagram and Tiktok @ecokathrynlincoln, one of the many reasons her and DWAB align so well (DWAB are plastic free champions!)

    Reviews:

    GIRLHOOD 2024

    Lexical Lunacy

    ”Lincoln is… hilarious… relaxed and assured”.

    Kat Masterson

    “their onstage bond with Ivy (Kathryn Lincoln) is wonderful to watch”.

    HI DAD (BFI) 2022

    Alina Grigorjeva (Director)

    “Working with Kathryn had been a pleasure without exaggeration. Truly, what I valued in her most while working together is her sense of initiative and boldness to lead herself in the role, exploring it deeply, each scene and emotion of her character. Her preparation for her character’s emotional climax had proven breathtaking results… Her interpretation of the character was well rounded... Even though she was very independent, she was never hesitant to ask questions… She was also very easy-going, easy to communicate with, friendly and respectful. Always on time, prepared well and helped out greatly in many areas of the production.”

The Ethos

  • At DWAB, we take sustainability incredibly seriously. For every project we complete, we plant a tree through the National Trust. We are proud to play our small part in reducing emissions and open up new habitats for wildlife. The staff at DWAB also hold ‘A Greener Festival’ Sustainability Accessor training and status.

    Graphic Design & Web Design

    At DWAB, we aim to design green wherever possible. This includes not using bleeds where possible, or using thinner fonts and designing less image-rich designs. Regarding the printing of designs, DWAB uses recycled material for their own print designs and encourages clients to do so too.

    DWAB’s chosen supplier is an ISO 14001 certified business. This means they operate according to a strict set of internationally recognised standards for environmental business practice. The ISO 14001 covers all sorts of business activity, from air pollution to soil contamination. DWAB’s supplier only uses materials certified by the Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC). This means all paper and cardboard comes from sustainably managed forests.

    Regarding web design, DWAB creates streamlined designs with simplified navigations. We also reduce the file sizes of images and the loading speed of the site, and ensure content is printer-friendly. These steps intend to make a client’s website more eco-friendly.

    Facilitating & Producing

    Wherever possible, DWAB opts for recycled, repurposed or bio-degradable materials when facilitating or producing a project. Once again, wherever possible, planning a project to ensure a legacy, and aiming for anything created to have multiple uses long after a project is over. Many of these actions go hand in hand with our accessibility actions.

  • At DWAB, we take accessibility incredibly seriously. From accessibility colour testing to WCAG 2.0 standards web design and everything in between, it is at the heart of any design, be it project, event, graphic or web design. Many of these actions go hand in hand with our sustainability actions. The staff at DWAB also hold the ‘Attitude is Everything’ accessibility training and qualification. 

“I have been working with DWAB for approximately six months. DWAB have facilitated a complete rebrand for me, website, social media, office paperwork etc. As someone with minimal experience with anything IT related, I expected this process to be a nightmare, but they have made the journey so easy. I am absolutely over the moon with the end results and have found DWAB an absolute pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend them, their work is outstanding.”

— Dawn Carey | In Charley’s Memory Manager