The last few months with the Covid-19 crisis have shown us that we never know what life has in store for us or what is around the corner. Terms like ‘shielding’, ‘self-isolating’ and ‘social distancing’, even zooming, are now part of daily routine and vocabulary. Beyond this, disproportionate death rates across different communities have brought into sharp focus the glaring gap between the suburban rich and the urban poor, between the privileged and the disadvantaged living in deprived, overcrowded neighbourhoods.…

In August 2019, Sampad collaborated with Hawkesley Church Primary Academy and Sport Birmingham’s Happy Healthy Holidays scheme to create What’s Love Got to do With It? – A five day summer school focusing on theatre, drama skills and healthy living. We worked with a group of twelve young people aged between eight and eleven in a series of drama workshops based around three classic love stories, asking whether or not they are really all about love. We also included an…