Our Mission
(since we began in 2012)
Our mission is to engage, support and challenge young people in the margins to progress and transform their lives, by providing accessible, high quality theatre training.
Find out more about our values and how we are achieving our mission
Staff & Some of Our Associate Practitioners
Ali Godfrey
Founder / Artistic Director
Michelle M Filipe
Board of Directors
Hayley Konadu
Resident Director
Ace Ruele
Graduate Associate Artist
Malik Sankara Mosiah Watson
Peer Facilitator (Pastoral)
Anyebe Godwin
Company Manager (Next Steps)
Melanie Anouf
Pastoral Company Manager
Unique Spencer
Graduate Associate Artist
Matt Harrison
Lead Artist
Ira Mandela Siobhan
Lead Artist
Andrew Maddock
Board of Directors
Chetna Pandya
Lead Artist
Kate Maravan
Lead Artist
Dej Adeoshun
Board of Directors
Jennifer Irons
Lead Artist
Endy McKay
Lead Artist
Juliet Knight
Visiting Artist
Michael Amaning
Peer Facilitator
Karla Crome
Visiting Artist
Archie Backhouse
Visiting Artist
plus a number of visiting industry artists and practitioners from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
“Theatre-goers know that a great play can alter your worldview, but it’s rarely as genuinely life-changing as Generation Arts”
(The View From The Upper Circle)
Generation Arts delivers high quality, free acting and theatre-making training projects for young people in the margins in London.
We specialise in working with under-represented aspiring actors, young people NEET and young people who may be at risk or have experienced a range of social exclusion risk factors including long-term unemployment, leaving care, offending, gang-affiliation and homelessness. We are passionate about providing inclusive opportunities to access high quality training for free.
We train and develop our young people in every way to prepare them for drama school training, higher education and the world of work. We specialise in devised theatre and hold high expectations and strong boundaries paired with robust support structures.
Our facilitators are experienced working professional theatre directors, movement directors, actors and youth workers experienced delivering high quality theatre projects working with a range of groups.
Watch our Work
Since 2016, 100% of graduates have progressed onto acting training, including BA courses at Central, Guildhall, Drama Centre, LAMDA, ArtsEd, ALRA, East 15, Rose Bruford and Mountview.
No-one is left behind and we provide 1-1 signposting to support all participants to progress.