Theatre Run

• Community Tour

• Audio Walk

• Conference

• Theatre Run • Community Tour • Audio Walk • Conference •

Flock: In Formation

4th November 2026, Goldsmiths University London

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Performance that shifts perspectives.

Theatre isn't just something people watch. It's a tool for healing, learning, and transforming society, and we've spent fifteen years proving it.

Our Impact

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Drilling Diamonds

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

Flock

Two people, a man with glasses and a woman with brown hair, are in a conversation, kneeling on stage, with other people sitting in the background in front of a black curtain.

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

Raising the Roof

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

Artistic Licence

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.

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Everything we do, from drama sessions in probation settings to performances with care-experienced young people, runs on a project-by-project basis. There's no big safety net. Your donation goes directly into the work: a young person's place on Drilling Diamonds, a session of Artistic Licence, a community performance of Flock.

Theatre changes people. We've seen it happen, over and over, in classrooms, prisons, care settings and community spaces across London. If you believe that too, please consider supporting us.

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Our News

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FLOCK 2026: More than one way to experience the story

Flock is now open at the Jack Studio Theatre in Lewisham. After its national tour and four-week run at Soho Theatre, Lin Coghlan’s powerful, funny and ultimately hopeful play has come home to the borough where its story is rooted.

But seeing Flock on stage is only one way to enter its world.

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Four Weeks of Raising the Roof in Lewisham: Building Stories, Confidence and Community

Four weeks into our Raising the Roof programme in Lewisham, one thing has become clear: when young people are given the time, space and support to be creative together, remarkable things begin to happen.

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Creativity Driving Change: SAFE Taskforce-Funded Work in Newham

The SAFE Taskforce-funded Drilling Diamonds programme is already delivering measurable impact for young people across Newham. As Playing ON’s flagship youth project, the initiative brings together improvised performance, storytelling, and creative writing to help students explore challenging relationships while building community, positive connections, and wellbeing.

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Raising the Roof: Run

Over ten weeks, care experienced young people came together online via Zoom to make theatre from the ground up, culminating in a powerful, playful, and honest piece of theatre that reflects the realities, resilience, and potential of young people in and on the edge of care.

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