What does communication mean to us?

For the past three years, people from different communities in Leeds, Uganda and Kenya have been exploring a single question.

Through drama, music, creative writing and performance, participants have shared stories, listened to one another and explored communication through their own experiences as part of the international Communication & Creativity project. Now, for the first time, the three Leeds community groups come together to build something new.

In Other Words is an original performance created during a five-day residency at the University of Leeds, inspired by communication across cultures, generations and lived experiences.

Built from three years of conversations and five days of creating together, In Other Words invites audiences into a performance shaped by shared stories, collaboration and creativity.

Directed by Tamsin Cook, the performance has been created alongside an international team of artists including Thanda Gumede, Mahshid Alavi, Ali Campbell and Thiptawan Uchai.

About the project:
Communication and Creativity: An Arts-Based Study Focusing on Marginalised East African Communities in Kenya, Uganda and the United Kingdom. This project was founded by Professor Jane Plastow and is concerned with communication and creativity, seeing the two as linked and essential to fully human development. This is a three year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Tickets are free but booking is essential see Tickets link below.