Mafwa Theatre
Mafwa Theatre is a community theatre company bringing refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities together in Leeds.
We use drama and the arts to create work that celebrates our similarities and differences, brings people together and speaks truth to power. We use our platform to highlight and enable development opportunities for artists and theatre makers from migrant backgrounds, advocate for migrant rights and celebrate diverse communities.
From creative workshops to gardening groups, there are plenty of ways to get involved with Mafwa.
People you may meet
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Tamsin
Tamsin is Mafwa Theatre's Co-Artistic Director. She has been working as a theatre practitioner since 2012. She has project managed and directed site specific theatre commissions for festivals. Tamsin has designed, delivered and evaluated community theatre projects for young people, prisoners and homeless men. Alongside running Mafwa Theatre, she was Community Director (Prisons) for Imagine If Theatre, managing staff, large budgets and criminal justice sector partnerships.
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Keziah
Keziah Berelson is Mafwa Theatre's Co-Artistic Director. She loves working with communities and artists to bridge divides and create impactful and challenging work that speaks truth to power. She created The Art House Wakefield's public facing Studio of Sanctuary programme and works with Leeds Art Gallery as a critical friend on engagement projects. As a French and Arabic speaker she loves to bring communities together over her other passion: cooking, for conversations across languages and tastes.
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Danmore
As our Green Engagement Lead, Danmore leads our weekly Lincoln Greeners gardening group. He has over 15 years’ experience working in community organisations across Zimbabwe and the UK, supporting marginalised communities through nature-based activities, public health work, and community development. His past roles include leading family-focused outdoor learning projects with HIV-positive parents at Hope Gate, promoting community cohesion through gardening at the Organisation of HIV Positive African Men (OPAM), and working internationally as a Regional HIV Advisor for Marie Stopes International. Danmore believes in the power of green spaces to create connection and healing, helping people feel at home wherever they are.
