Playing On brings together theatre professionals and people with lived experience to tell untold stories.

Our Impact

Our flagship youth project, working with young people across Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Newham. Drilling Diamonds will begin work in Greenwich in Autumn.

Multi-award winning Lin Coghlan's Flock weaves together the lives of two resilient young people as they face extraordinary challenges.

A project with care experienced young people, developing stories with fictional characters inspired by real life.

Our theatre and film project for those with experienced of the criminal justice system. Currently in partnership with Lewisham Probation, and soon to start at HMP High Down.

Co-creating theatre that matters.

Our News

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City Bridge Foundation: The Next Steps for Raising the Roof
City Bridge Foundation: The Next Steps for Raising the Roof

We’re delighted to share that Playing ON has been awarded a £200,000 grant over five years from the City Bridge Foundation to support the expansion of our Raising The Roof programme!

Visioning Care: A Snapshot
Visioning Care: A Snapshot

Since 2010, Playing ON has been working in NHS Foundation Trusts across London delivering reflective practice and experiential training for staff at Guy's & St Thomas', Camden & Islington, East London, South London & Maudsley NHS Trusts and Health Education England.

Playing ON Words… an intern’s perspective!
Playing ON Words… an intern’s perspective!

Anya joined us on work experience throughout the weekly sessions for our brand new writers’ group and shared her experience with us.

Raising the Roof: The Journey
Raising the Roof: The Journey

Over the past year, we have worked in partnership with Leap Confronting Conflict to deliver a programme of drama and storytelling workshops for care experience young people called Raising the Roof. This blog post explores the Raising the Roof journey, and it’s outcomes.

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