ADF News

ADF to close

After ten game-changing years in the theatre industry, Artistic Directors of the Future (ADF), announce that they will be closing this autumn.  ADF was founded in 2014 by the visionary Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway. ADF’s mission is to demystify the role of artistic director and senior executive, thereby increasing leadership representation and progressing the careers of theatre …

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Meet the ADF Innovators

Get to know the 6 talented artists on our new leadership programme ADF Innovators is a new paid Artistic Director development programme for Global Majority theatre professionals with an activist spirit. Six Innovators will be spending six weeks developing their own project idea through a series of training sessions that will cover strategic and planning …

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Think Tank: Agents of Change

Meet the Agents of Change. Seven Agents of Change, Global Majority theatre professionals, are taking part in an action research project to explore and research their ideas to create equal opportunities and support leadership progression for Global Majority arts professionals. Amina Atiq is a Yemeni-British poet, performance artist, creative-educational practitioner, and award-winning community activist.  She …

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