Race and Allyship Training
The Diverse Voices playwriting programme helps remove barriers to participation, builds confidence, and encourages young people to view the arts as a viable and accessible career path
Introduction to the project
Diverse Voices: Writing the Future is a playwriting programme that develops creative skills and amplifies the voices of young people.
We have been working with students at Central Foundation Girls’ School since 2022.
Led by Breman Rajkumar, the programme introduces students to the principles of playwriting through a series of workshops, empowering them to express their ideas and experiences through writing for performance.
Alongside creativity, it builds transferable skills in communication, speaking, writing, and listening, supporting educational attainment.
The programme culminates in a professionally directed and acted showcase or reading of the students’ plays for peers and family, fostering confidence and pride.
South Asian and global majority practitioners are engaged, inclusive role modes to inspire ambition, and encourage more young people to view the arts as a viable and accessible career path.
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Project aims
Our key aims for the Diverse Voices project were to:-
- Reduce inequality of access to theatre and the performing arts for groups traditionally underrepresented, as creators, workers, and audiences.
- Empower predominantly South Asian (Bangladeshi) and Global Majority young students to use playwriting and writing for performance, as a viable platform for their voice and self expression.
- Inspire ambition by employing global majority creatives who will act as role models for the students.
- Place value on the participants’ creativity and encourage pride in their achievements by sharing the work, through a professionally acted and directed performance with peers, family, friends and the local community.
- Support wellbeing through engaging in activities that are fun, enjoyable and that both participants and their families and friends can take pride in.
Download the diverse voices report
To read about this project in more detail, please read our reports.