WELCOME TO MAFWA THEATRE

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Mafwa theatre brings refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities together to celebrate our diversity and campaign for a more welcoming Leeds.

We are a community theatre company working with artists and theatre makers from migrant backgrounds to develop and share their practice.

We run creative workshops for women in Leeds to have fun, make new friends and learn new skills.

Upcoming Events

We run weekly groups for refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities in Leeds.

 
Events
Lincoln Greeners gardening group
May 14
Lincoln Greeners gardening group

Free weekly gardening group meeting every Tuesday morning in East Leeds. Learn new skills, grow your own food, make new friends and transform the neighbourhood. Everyone welcome.

Kuluhenna Drama
May 16
Kuluhenna Drama

Weekly creative drama workshops meeting on Thursdays at Anglers Club, Nippet Lane, Leeds, LS9 7TB

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From Women’s Workshops to Gardening Groups, there are plenty of ways to get involved with Mafwa.

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Mafwa support early career artists working in Leeds and the wider area and can help with professional development.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in you can visit our Associate Artist programme page to find out more or send us an email.

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Follow our journey

 
🗓️2 Years ago we began work on a disused playground in Lincoln Green. Last year saw the first stage of the Roxby Community Garden transformation with the site being cleared, cleaned and the plant beds prepared for planting. The garden redesign,
🌟We’re buzzing to announce our upcoming puppet show ‘Michka and Me’🌟 
 “Would you like to hear a story of when I met a special bird? 
Meet Pari, a little girl with a big heart. Meet Michka, a little bird with a big story to
This week Lincoln Greeners were hard at work making sure the garden is looking nice and tidy for our Flourish Family Day on Sunday.🌺✨ 🍅We transplanted some tomato plants that Lincoln Greener Cecilia had been taking care of from home, put up some p
We're excited to be joined by Marco Woolf @marcowoolf and performers from Leeds Conservatoire @leedsmusicdrama at our Family Flourish Day on the 21st! 🎶 Opera North comissioned folk jazz singer-songwriter Marco Woolf's acclaimed EP, "Francine
Kuluhenna Drama workshops restart next week on Friday 30th! These weekly creative workshops for women take place from 3:00 - 4:30pm at Patrick Studios, LS9 7EH. Workshops are free to join and a crèche is available. You can join using the si
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Sit With Us last month! We had a fantastic time creating this with our members and hope this was reflected in the installation. If you visited the space we would really appreciate it if you could fill out a q
Thank you to everyone who visited Sit With Us over the last week! The installation doors may have closed but you can still watch, read and listen to our members incredible creative work over on our website. If you visited the installation we hope you
Leave your shoes at the door and step into someone else’s for a short while. ‘Walk With Us’ is a series of soundwalks created with Mafwa members in collaboration with sound designer and broadcaster Ora Ataguba at @sable.radio and ar

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Mafwa Theatre are a registered non-for-profit CIC (12262141). We appreciate all donations big or small to support our work to bring people together through the arts.

 
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