Phakama

Use tab to navigate through the menu items. To empower people to be the fullest version of themselves, where participation in, rather than mastery of, the world is celebrated. 1. To create daring performances in unusual spaces, which celebrate the art of existence and creates shared spaces where the seemingly impossible becomes possible. 2. To unit... e communities through a process of Give & Gain, which is trail-blazing, non-hierarchical and life-affirming. 3. To bring together young people and diverse communities, who otherwise would not have opportunity to connect, and provide a platform from which to express, grow and perform. Phakamas approach transcends age, experience and culture. Driven by a common desire to make high quality performance, we are fuelled by the diversity of all those involved. Through a process that we call Give & Gain, learning becomes two- way; everyone has something they can give to the project and everyone has something to gain. And through this interchange of skills, knowledge, information and ideas,everyone becomes both student and teacher. We are committed to the practice of cultural exchange and the celebration of shared experiences; by promoting a non-hierarchical educational philosophy through the medium of the arts and training participants to become the Phakama facilitators of the future. Originally launched as an arts exchange programme involving young people and arts and education practitioners, Phakama was set up in 1996 as an initiative of Lift (London International Festival of Theatre) in partnership with Sibikwa Community Theatre from Johannesburg South Africa. Now an independent charitable organisation based at Queen Mary University of London.Read More