Phosphoros Theatre

Description

Phosphoros Theatre is a London-based, award-winning theatre company founded in 2015, focused on amplifying refugee voices and bringing them to the main stage. The company makes socially engaged performance with, for, and by refugees and asylum seekers, holding space for those with forced migration backgrounds to voice, reflect on and respond to their lived experience and to take charge of narratives that seldom include their perspective. It creates nationally touring productions, delivers one-off and regular arts work with refugees, trains professionals, and provides paid work, training and development opportunities for refugee artists and youth workers. Year-round community drama projects include Phosphoros Young Company (newly arrived young people aged 16–21), Phosphoros Rainbow Haven (LGBTQIA+ members), Phosphoros Sisters (refugee women and girls), and Artist Development and Leadership Training programmes. The company became a registered charity in 2020 and is officially recognised as a Theatre Company of Sanctuary by City of Sanctuary. It also occasionally takes part in research projects relating to applied theatre, migration and arts for change.

Currently active

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Offers funding

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Founding year

2015

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Partner Universities

Birkbeck, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

Additional Partnerships

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; Stories and Supper; Refugee Council; City of Sanctuary