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.