Founded in Barnsley in 2014, LUNG is a campaign led arts charity, working UK wide to make hidden voices heard.
Based in Yorkshire, we are company in residence with the National Theatre and partners with The Lowry in Salford.
Our work takes multiple forms:
We develop high quality verbatim productions that tour from theatres to school halls to The Houses of Parliament
We create educational and training resources for teachers, social workers and people in power
We spearhead award winning campaigns to spark change
Our plays are published by Faber & Faber and studied on the AQA GCSE Drama Syllabus.
Our productions have reached audiences of 81,000 people,
our education programme has engaged 19,500 young people,
and 3.8 million people have tuned into BBC Radio 4 broadcasts
of our work.
We believe in the value of art to amplify untold stories and the power they have to transform the world around us
the core TEAM
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Rachael Brimley
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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SARAH KADRI
PRODUCER (COMMUNITIES & CAMPAIGNS)
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Camille Koosyial
PRODUCER (WORK & ARTIST DEVELOPMENT)
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HELEN MONKS
CO-DIRECTOR
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Nur Khairiyah Ramli
GENERAL MANAGER
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MATT WOODHEAD
CO-DIRECTOR
lung associates
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Madiha Ansari
LUNG CREATIVE
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Gitika Buttoo
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Board MemberS
Shazad Amin
Deputy Chair of MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development)
Inga Hirst
Director of Creative Learning & Engagement at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Rhiannon Mckay-Smith
Director of Development at Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester
Zeena Rasheed - Chair
Drama teacher, Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Deborah Rees
Director at Cast, Doncaster
Gilly Roche
Head of Interdisciplinary Practice at Guildhall School, London