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A philosophically inspired, radical-political theatre company based in Leeds/Bradford. Founding members – Tajpal Rathore and Samran Rathore – spearhead the creative vision, which is both excitingly radical and intuitively revolutionary. We amplify the stories and voices of the current Black and Asian generation and believe theatre needs to be rejuvenated into the 21st century, and want to cultivate an environment for a renaissance in theatre-making and produce unexpected performance theatre that reaches towards transcendental experiences.

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Tajinder Singh Hayer is a dramatist born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1980. He has written for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Peshkar Productions and Menagerie Theatre Company. He taught on the Creative Writing degree at the University of Bradford from 2004 and now works at Lancaster University. In 2016, his theatre play North Country, set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic Bradford, was staged by Freedom Studios. A play script of this production was published by Bloomsbury in 2016.

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Actor and Facilitator
Natalie Davies is an actress and drama facilitator born and raised in Bradford. Educated at Tong High School, Natalie studied a performance degree at Northumbria University. In 2011 she came back to Bradford to pursue a career as a freelance actress. She has landed several TV roles in Doctors, The Jonny and Inel show, Casualty and Coronation Street. She has recently been seen in several Bradford theatre productions; The Northern School at Bradford Playhouse, North Country at the Wild Woods and There's No place like Bradford which went on a schools tour around the city.

Currently Natalie is an associate artist at Freedom Studios and has founded Freedom Actors Bradford; a free skills sharing network available to local actors. Natalie is very excited to be filming her very first feature film 'Eaten by Lions' this May.

When she is not acting, Natalie also runs the Freedoms Studios Youth Theatre sessions at Carlton Bolling School, Grange Technology College and on Canterbury estate at the youth club she once attended

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Freelance:- Dancer, Model, Actress, Teacher, Choreographer,

Lauran began dancing at a young age. She has completed dance exams in ballet, tap and modern with numerous exam boards including BBO, ISTD and RAD. After graduating high school, she attended Leeds City College to complete an extended diploma in performing arts. During her time here, Lauran worked alongside theatre companies and found her love for teaching. Upon graduation, she attended Edge Hill university to study a BA (Hons) in dance and drama. However she soon decided that this wasn't for her and is now studying at Preston's dance academy. Lauran has studied a variety of dance styles from classical ballet to urban and commercial. As well as studying circus elements including various aerial skills and pole fitness, classical and contemporary acting, musical theatre style singing and physical theatre. Lauran is now qualified to teach ISTD modern and tap in grades 1-5.

Lauran is also a member of the Beatz n Pointe family, she has completed courses to become a professional pointe shoe fitter and shares her expertees with her students and their parents when teaching ballet.

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Artistic Director of Yorkshire Academy of Creative Arts & Dance, Freelance Choreographer & Dancer.

Matthew-Jay, born in Bradford, Ravenscliffe, graduated from Europes leading institution, the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. In 2014 Matthew-Jay set up the Yorkshire Academy of Creative Arts & Dance in Bradford, for more information visit www.yacad.co.uk

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Theatre Designer & Community Artist

Uzma is a theatre designer, born and raised in Bradford. She grew up in cornershop life and was a keen art student through school and college. Uzma is curious about people and the stories of their lives. Uzma studied Theatre Design at LIPA and has also studied Youth & Community Development at Bradford College. She has designed sets, costumes, props, puppets for theatre and TV productions in traditional and site-specific performance spaces. She has also programmed a range of projects and engagement work within community settings, including girls’ and women’s work, in prisons, mental health spaces, city centres, (inter)faith spaces and more. Production credits include

'The Cornershop' (2008 & 2009); '1001' (2009); 'Orgreave: An English Civil War' (2014), 'My Brother's Country' (2015), Theatre for One - An Artist Ordeal (2016), 'North Country' (Freedom Studios, 2016) and 'Out of the Ashes (2016). Uzma's projects including 'Grooming Ground' (http://www.ipan360.com/groomingground/) & 'The Square Chapatti Club', fusing dialogue and community relations, through the arts.

www.uzmakazi.co.uk

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Sound Artist

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Jacob moved to Bradford City Centre after getting married in summer 2015 and established his company whilst living here. He first opened 'JP Productions' in October 2013 aged just 18 having left school in July and deciding that university and FE wasn't for him with a vision of bringing arts to the centre of the community, which came from his passion for theatre and an outrage at how financially inaccessible it is. JP Productions started by providing low cost drama tuition and grew to include drama clubs, children's choirs, over 60's creative groups, community choir, orchestras, festivals and a theatre company! Then in April 2017, JP Productions became a new organisation named 'Codswallop CIC' (Community Interest Company) which he now runs with his wife Lucy, after the company became just too big to handle! Codswallop CIC is now based in Guiseley, just on the border of Leeds and Bradford and continues to plough the arts in to peoples lives left right and centre!

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Kamal Kaan is an actor and writer.  Born and raised in Bradford, educated at Carlton Bolling College and Dixon's Academy. He was an awarded a scholarship to study Architecture at Cambridge University and then awarded the Brian Park award from Shed Productions to study an MA in TV Fiction Writing at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has trained with The National Youth Theatre and has appeared in numerous BBC dramas and has performed nationally and internationally on stage productions. As a writer, Kamal has written for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has won Best Installation at World Stage Design 2013 for his work with artist David Shearing. Kamal is inspired by Bradford artists such as David Hockney in creating work that is surprising and defines new boundaries.

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Writer, actor, storyteller, spoken-word artist, deviser of history-inspired events, theatremaker and artistic director of Fresh Aire Productions.
Bradford-born, bred & educated, Irene's also run  Gizmo Publications, an award-winning publishing company, been an outdoor instructor, youth worker and family carer. After selling Gizmo, she took time out to decided what to do when she grew up. She hasn't, instead, she's gone back to her childhood dreams of being a successful writer and taking a show to Edinburgh. Having achieved both, she's exploring new challenges and collaborations. Trustee of HIVE, Script Yorkshire & member of Artspace committee.

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Writer, director, spoken-word artist and theatremaker

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Artistic Director

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Pop singer born in Bradford

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Pop singer born in Bradford

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Unlimited free Tasmin Archer music - Click to play Sleeping Satellite, Sweet Little Truth and whatever else you want! Tasmin Archer (b. 3 August 1963, Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English pop singer. Her first album, Gre