Making performance projection is the deft art of creating images for projection into live performance which will complement the live action without upstaging it. I began working in Powerpoint and Keynote, which are brilliant apps with which to start experimenting in animation for projection, but have since graduated to Adobe Photoshop, After Effects and Premier Pro.

Current Projects

In production: For the Fallen, 2016, 2018
Community commemoration and history project.
Digital animation of original WWI photography by Helen Newall
Funded: Arts Council England

In production: Identity Crisis, 2016
by Phina Oruche. Digital animation of photography by Helen Newall
Ibo Girl Productions, Arts Centre, Ormskirk; touring NW

Past Projects

Silent Night, 2014
By Helen Newall, dir. Emma Lucia. Performance projection by Helen Newall
Theatre in the Quarter. Touring
Creative imaging for performance projection
Funded: Arts Council England; Chester and Cheshire West

The Snow Queen, 2013
Adapted by Russ Tunney. Performance projection by Helen Newall
Theatre in the Quarter, Chester Town Hall
Funded: Arts Council England; Chester and Cheshire West 

Illumination, 2013
By Donna Worthington, dir. Bill Hopkinson. Animations of Lindisfarne Gospel illuminations by Helen Newall.
Glossolalia Theatre Company, NW & NE tour
Funded: Arts Council England
Gallery

A Christmas Carol, 2012
By Charles Dickens, adapted & dir. Russ Tunney. Performance projection by Helen Newall
Theatre in the Quarter, Chester Town Hall
Animations for performance projection
Funded: Arts Council England; Chester and Cheshire West

The Ghost of Someone Not Yet Drowned, 2012
A sound and visual performance installation, The Victoria Baths, Manchester
Concept, text & projected animations by Helen Newall. Exhibition curated by Helen Newall. Sound artist, Karen Lauke; choreographer, Julia Griffin; performers, Julia Grifin, Michelle Man
Funded: EHU, Arts Council England