Community theatre company bringing refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities together to celebrate our diversity together in Leeds.
Mafwa Theatre uses drama and the arts to create work that celebrates both our similarities and differences, bringing people together and speaking truth to power. Their platform highlights and fosters development opportunities for artists and theatre makers from migrant backgrounds, advocates for migrant rights, and celebrates diverse communities. Based in Lincoln Green, Mafwa Theatre has been using arts and cultural exchange to unite families from diverse communities, improve mental health and wellbeing, combat social isolation, and build resilient communities since 2018. They create theatre and live arts interventions, run weekly workshops, and host community celebrations. They also oversaw the transformation of a previously derelict playground, creating the Roxby Community Garden—a vibrant Garden of Sanctuary where the local community can grow food, participate in workshops, meet friends, and enjoy a pocket of green space amidst the high rises
