Naomi Alexander is the founder and Artistic Director of Brighton People’s Theatre (BPT). Over the last 20 years she has made work in parks and schools, pubs and working men’s clubs and occasionally, in theatres. She always co-creates work with non-professional artists. As an independent researcher, she explores the artistry and leadership behind community arts…
Ruth Ben-Tovim has worked as a professional artist and consultant for over 20 years, using the transformative power of the arts to engage creatively with thousands of people across the arts, public, private, education, and voluntary sectors. She was the founder and Artistic Director of Louder than Words Productions in London (1989–1999), where she collaborated…
Alison Denholm is the Creative Development Manager at City Arts , responsible for nurturing new artistic ideas and projects, with a particular focus on outdoor arts, including carnival, street puppetry, festivals, and large-scale public events. City Arts has been breaking down barriers since 1977, reconnecting people with art, culture, and creativity. The organization champions those…
Hoda Ali is a nurse and human-rights activist based in the United Kingdom, committed to ending female genital mutilation (FGM) and defending the rights of girls. She works as a Community Outreach Project Manager for Safeguarding at Perivale Primary School, one of the first schools in the UK to establish an outreach program addressing FGM.…
Nikki Charlesworth is a Theatre Designer and Maker, (including puppetry design and making), Facilitator and recently turned Animator. Nottingham born and bred, Nikki works from her Nottingham home. After graduating from Nottingham Trent University in Theatre Design, she was the winner of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund in 2021, and has since worked at the forefront of…
Isabela Jones is an Artistic Director / sound weaver / audio describer/ singer vocalist, socially engaged audience as makers, body voice interaction site specific-artist. She has been Salamanda Tandem co-founder & Director from 1989 – 2025 (current) Maker type:Artist, Educator, Facilitator, Organisation Maker discipline:Dance, Music, Site-specific Performance, Workshop
Become part of the new team of board members at take a part, uk Take a Part, the UK’s leading socially engaged art (SEA) organisation, dedicated to supporting, furthering and sustaining SEA practice, community co-creation and community embedding placemaking in the UK, are seeking to expand their board. Take a Part are clear, robust, and dynamic in…
In this online seminar series, Community Theatre practitioners from around the world have been telling their stories, and participants have been learning lessons from across our borders. For this seminar, attendees will hear from two practitioners who are migrants themselves, and now work predominantly with other migrants. Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope…
Open call for a LECTURER IN DANCE: UNIT LEADER (MA DANCE: PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITIES, ACTIVISM) at london contemporary dance school An exciting opportunity for a professional with an extensive community/activist dance practice in a country of the Global South to join the postgraduate faculty at London Contemporary Dance School. London Contemporary Dance School’s student body has a wide…
For Culture of Possibility #40, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre at the University of Manchester, who facilitated a lecture series as part of ICAF 2023. James Thompson was the founder In Place of War, a project researching and developing arts programs in war zones and has…