LATEST NEWS
WORLD RECORD BREAKERS!
Sheffield is now home to a new world record after generous fans backed our bid to create the longest multi-club football scarf. A 186m chain representing clubs around the world was carried through Sheffield city centre as part of our project Around The World.
2022 Wrapped
We’re very grateful for your support during the last 12 months. It’s been quite the year! We became a Registered Charity and made some of our most ambitious work to date.
We wanted to wish all of our supporters, funders, partners, friends and participants a Happy New Year. Here is our 2022 Wrapped!
JOIN THE TEAM
We are looking for a new finance trustee to join us at this exciting time!
Imagine
A brand new audio piece and essay by Salome Hakunandaba on growing up as a refugee in the UK, the impact of racism and the importance of following your dreams.
“Our Narratives”
Diyo M Bopengo discusses his experiences on the Young People Together project, building a creative community, taking chances and shares a brand new poem inspired by the project.
Meet the Writer of Secret Summer: Anan Tello
“I was fighting for my right to exist and thrive in a world constantly telling Syrians that their lives are so insignificant… when I met the youth working with Stand & Be Counted I knew I had to take them on an adventure.”
SBC Theatre Announces Secret Summer
Stand And Be Counted Theatre announces immersive audio adventure secret summer, co-created with their youth theatre of sanctuary
11 New Projects for our Eleventh Anniversary
Stand & Be Counted Theatre, the UK’s first Theatre Company of Sanctuary, today announces 11 new projects to mark their eleventh anniversary. These include new participatory theatre, music, young people’s programmes, film, and interactive projects films in an ambitious new creative programme, all co-created with people seeking sanctuary.
Coventry Embraces - join us!
We're excited to be welcoming Little Amal to Coventry and you can help to welcome and guide her whilst she's in town.
DEAR PRITI PATEL
RE: The introduction of the ‘Nationality and Borders Bill’
Dear Home Secretary,
We are theatre makers and organisations that work with refugees and asylum seekers across the UK using arts and culture to create a welcoming environment for people seeking sanctuary from conflict, persecution, and violence. Collectively, we make up the Theatre Companies of Sanctuary network - a proud and pro-active wing of the City of Sanctuary UK movement.
Like many other sectors, we are deeply concerned by reports that the government may be planning to transport people seeking sanctuary in the UK to offshore immigration detention centres…
BEING A STAGE MANAGER FOR PARTICIPATORY THEATRE
Ella Stewart takes us behind the scenes of Can You Hear Me, Now? and making theatre without hierarchy.
CELEBRATING BRADFORD WITH MAHA AL-OMARI
SBC commission new artwork for Refugee Week’s ‘Windows on the World’ exhibition at Bradford 2025 Centenery Square.
WE CANNOT WALK ALONE THIS REFUGEE WEEK
Stand & Be Counted announce new Celebratory Programme for Refugee Week 2021
WHAT THEATRE IS ALL ABOUT
Theo Ioannou, SBC’s newest Creative Associate and Assistant Director on Can You Hear Me, Now? chats all about what and who theatre is really for…
نحن نريدك!
نحن نبحث عن المبدعين في كوفنتري ، الذين لديهم خبرة في الهجرة ، للانضمام إلى برنامج صنع الأداء لدينا.
WE WANT YOU!
Friends in Coventry, join us to learn new skills, share ideas and make your mark!
An EASY guide to the new immigration plan and how to stop it being legalised
Together we can ensure that the Home Office understands that their hostile environment policies and new immigration plan are not popular. The UK is a welcoming place, we see this every day in the communities we work with far and wide. Use this guide to have your say by 6th May.
Celebrating Sanctuary Week
CELEBRATING SANCTUARY WEEK is finally here! Learn more about it, enjoy our new film and find out more about our training programmes and new show!
Meet the Voice of Hidden Winter
Firas Chihi explores his first role as a performer and the impact of theatre for sanctuary seekers.
تعرف على الصوت وراء عمل Hidden winter
فراس الشيحي يستكشف دوره التمثيلي الأول وتأثير المسرح على الباحثين عن الملاذ الآمن.
How we made it: Hidden Winter
SBC’s Artistic Director discusses staying agile and responsive in lockdown.