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  • From Student Marketer to Marketing Graduate: My Journey with Theatre in the Mill

    From Student Marketer to Marketing Graduate: My Journey with Theatre in the Mill

    Introduction 📱📸✍️ I got involved with Theatre in the Mill in my second year through a unique project called “Migration to Bradford,” where I focused on understanding my heritage and history while creating a beautiful piece of work. Unknowingly, Theatre in the Mill was offering a position a semester later. Shabina personally reached out to…

  • Sudha Buchar Residency Blog

    Sudha Buchar Residency Blog

    Learn about Sudha’s experience being a resident at Theatre in the Mill👇 I believe in synchronicity. While filming in Bradford for local writer, AA Dhand’s VIRDEE in 2024, little did I know I would soon be invited to deepen my love for this vibrant and unique city. The stars aligned and being ‘Artist in Residence ‘at Theatre in the Mill, marking Bradford UK City…

  • Drama Society at the University of Bradford 

    Drama Society at the University of Bradford 

    New Drama Society One of the newly formed societies in the University of Bradford, Drama Society, is the creative hub for students to grow their confidence and improve the power of storytelling The society heavily leverages collaboration, forged with Theatre in the Mill that allows activities to be run in a professional theatre, that boasts…

  • Report on Rhythm of the Lands  – November Updates

    Report on Rhythm of the Lands – November Updates

    Theatre in the Mill has commissioned Kenyan artist John Namai as part of our Seed Commission Programme. He will be sending updates of the work he’s undertaken monthly. John also mentored Bradford-based artist Joachim Keke during Untitled 4: Speculative Care. Rhythms of the Land – 4-Fold Series (1) In the month of November, our primary…

  • Report on Rhythm of the Lands  – September Updates

    Report on Rhythm of the Lands – September Updates

    Theatre in the Mill has commissioned Kenyan artist John Namai as part of our Seed Commission Programme. He will be sending updates of the work he’s undertaken monthly. Scope of the month       The issues of land are still laying its shadow on people, land stories come from people, therefore let’s bring them to tell…

  • Report on Rhythm of the Lands Updates

    Report on Rhythm of the Lands Updates

    Theatre in the Mill has commissioned Kenyan artist John Namai as part of our Seed Commission Programme. He will be sending updates of the work he’s undertaken monthly. Problem statement (pain point)Locals and indigenous people throughout the time of colonization till today are either pushed from their lands or have being forced\ cheated to sign…

  • Sudha Bhuchar Announced as Artist-in-Residence at Theatre in the Mill

    Sudha Bhuchar Announced as Artist-in-Residence at Theatre in the Mill

    Theatre in the Mill, commissioned by Bradford 2025, is delighted to welcome the trailblazing Sudha Bhuchar as our Artist-in-Residence, from June to December 2025. A Quiet Revolutionary For over four decades, Sudha Bhuchar has been a quiet yet powerful force in British theatre. At the heart of South Asian storytelling in the UK, she has…

  • Empowering Women through Comedy: Dr Natalie Diddams

    Empowering Women through Comedy: Dr Natalie Diddams

    Dr Natalie Diddams is a lecturer, practitioner and lead facilitator of the Women’s Comedy Workshop, which specialises in the empowerment of women and non-binary people through comedy. Over the past six years, Natalie has developed a new approach to writing and performing stand-up, which has creativity and collaboration at its heart. In that time, Theatre…

  • This is us: Dr. Catherine Batt

    This is us: Dr. Catherine Batt

    Dr. Catherine Batt on site Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences,School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences How would you describe your role? Somehow herding cats sprung to mind! I manage one of the schools within the faculty of Life Sciences. As a school we have undergraduate programmes, postgraduate programmes, research students, staff research projects, commercial work,…

  • This is us: Mat Overton

    This is us: Mat Overton

    Mat andHacker T Dogon TV How would you describe your role? I started as a Media Technology & Production student back in 1999, graduating in 2002. In 2005 I returned to the University of Bradford as an AV technician in what was then the School of Informatics, and am now a specialist technician in broadcast,…