Madiha Ansari
LUNG Creative
Madiha is a theatre maker and facilitator, born in Karachi and based in Dewsbury. Previously working in education, Madiha began her career in the arts in 2018 when she set up the Cultural Ecology Project, supported by Impact Hub Bradford through which she launched Culture 101, supporting global majority women in Bradford in careers in the arts. It was developed in partnership with Bradford Producing Hub. Madiha co-founded and was the youth engagement officer of the Yorkshire Adabee Forum, where she headed the first national theatre tour of Pakistan’s leading Digital content creators. In 2018 Madiha started working with LUNG on their Trojan Horse tour, leading on their participation and education programme nationally. Madiha later ran the participation work for LUNG’s Who Cares tour, which saw her run workshops in 90 schools across the UK, deliver CPD in 16 regions and host the post show q&a after every show. Madiha works closely with LUNG’s sister organisation the Who Cares Campaign.