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Following our display at The Millennium Gallery, Routes to Roots: A South Asian Heritage Project will launch its third year of workshops on the following dates: April 17th in Sheffield…

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19 June | 15:00 | The Hubs – Sheffield Hallam University This vibrant and captivating multi-arts performance brings together participants from Bradford (WomenZone), Sheffield (King Ecgbert’s School) and Croydon (Stanley…

Calling all Anglo-Indian and South Asian residents of Croydon!  Take part in free, interactive creative workshops and learn new skills You can also register your interest – HERE

Black History Month We asked Ada, a member of the Maya Productions crew, what BHM meant to her. What does Black History Month mean to you? Black History Month is…

Do you have memories of the 60s in Croydon? Did you dance the night away or enjoy bingo nights at Stanley Halls? In association with Stanley Arts, members of the…

Come and see this vibrant multi-arts performance piece presented by a group from WomenZone in conjunction with Maya Productions. The performance is the culmination of a series of creative workshops facilitated by…

We are delighted to be presenting a vibrant multi-arts performance piece sharing reflections on migration, heritage and cultural identity from young people from and community groups  from Bradford (WomenZone), Sheffield…

A tribute to Jo Egan, from Artistic Director Suzanne Gorman Our friend and colleague Jo Egan tragically died in a car accident on Christmas Eve last year.  I first met…

Maya Productions is pleased to announce the start of its latest project: Spices of Life Spices of life is a creative arts project which will explore Anglo-Indian and South Asian…

Maya Productions is pleased to announce the start of its latest project: Talking About My Generation – London.

Maya Productions were pleased to present a work-in-progress performance of Benny and the Greycats at the Migration Matters Festival. It’s 1964. The Anglo-Indian Connolly family of Trichinopoly, South India, are…

Maya Productions are delighted to be partnering on this new festival DISRUPT 2021 Open call for creative proposals DISRUPT is a brand new digital arts festival taking place 8-9 July…

Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Maya Productions were one of many companies presenting work at the Migration Matters Festival 2020, but despite the piece being postponed to the 2021 programme the…

Like so many others around the world we, at Maya Productions, have been saddened, shocked and angered by the killing of George Floyd, and the injustice and systemic racism that…

Having not worked in theatre before, I had an interesting and fulfilling experience recently working for 2 days as part of the development team for Maya Productions forthcoming musical Benny…

Off to Sheffield! It’s with great excitement that we are bringing the next stage of development of Benny and the Greycats to my home town of Sheffield, as we spend…

Maya Productions is partnering with Theatre Deli to run an exciting new arts project ‘Routes to Roots’ with young artists in Sheffield. We are looking for a Project Facilitator to…

Maya Productions are looking for a Producer   We are looking for a Producer to work with us on  Benny and the Greycats, our exciting new play in development. This…

Being in The Croydon Avengers makes you feel like you’re a real-life superhero! When the sound effects and lights kick in your heart starts beating faster; you know it’s time…

With every new production, I get excited about the world I will inhabit with the cast. As a movement director I constantly shift between physical languages in different eras and…

I’m an artist based In north London and have been making comics for 4 years. I’ve had an interest in comics since I was 6 from reading the sonic the…

We’ve had a Black Panther movie, followed by a royal wedding with the bride being mixed heritage (there is no such thing as race). But people of colour have always been part…

Just over a week to go until rehearsals start for Maya Production’s The Croydon Avengers by Oladipo Agboluje. It’s a celebration, as with all Maya’s work, of diversity, Global Majority…

We are pleased to be taking The Croydon Avengers to a full production this Summer and so we are looking for a Stage Manager to join the Maya team. Rehearsals:…

With some very exciting productions on the horizon, including The Croydon Avengers by Oladipo Agboluaje in Summer 2018, Maya Productions is looking to meet and develop relationships with Theatre Designers.…

Maya Productions are looking for someone to lead our board of trustees and help us make diverse theatre that creates change; socially, politically and culturally. Our vision is of a world…

Maya Productions are looking for a Project Administrator/Schools Co-ordinator for an exciting Research and Development Phase of  The Croydon Avengers. Inspired by our Superheroes: South of the River Project this…

SUPERHEROES: SOUTH OF THE RIVER 2017 Following the success of our previous Superheroes Projects we are partnering with Croydon Disability Youth Project for a new 2017 summer project. We are…

We had a really great focus group in London exploring diversity in theatre and role models, and now we are looking for young adults in Leicester to take part. Where…

We are looking for individuals with an emerging or established career in UK theatre who would like to participate in a research project on global majority workers in theatre, conducted…

https://vimeo.com/185643258   We are continuing to work in Croydon with Young Roots and are planning a project with Waddon Youth Centre. Watch this space for the latest developments on the…

I’m looking forward to moving forwards with all our exciting work this Autumn on Up North, Superheroes: South of the River and our Young Roots workshops. I’m also doing some…

A couple of weeks after the Clore Residential – back in the Old Smoke and I am still trying to absorb much of the learning from our wonderful Kent retreat.…

About a month ago me and the director Suzanne Gorman, went up to the West Yorkshire Playhouse to pitch to get a place on the BEAM Musical Theatre Network and…

Redrafting Up North was a really challenging task. The key was doing lots of character work on back stories. It was similar to work I’ve done as an actor in…

Maya Productions have had a very exciting 2015 developing our projects Up North, a hip hop musical by Jonny Wright, and Superheroes:South of the River, a cross-arts project involving theatre,…

The Maya Team were out and about in Croydon running drawing, street art, drama and martial arts workshops at Croydon’s Ambitions Festival in July. Photo highlights can be found here.…

Dust is settling after Up North workshop week. My sleeping pattern is all messed up because of it hence this super late post. Workshop week was amazing though, want to…

Wicked first day of rehearsal for the Up North workshop week. Was great to meet all the cast, many of them for the first time, and jump straight into a…

Amazing weekend. The Kickstarter is finished and we raised over £600 on the last day, which was absolutely brilliant. We almost doubled our target which is absolutely amazing, but don’t…