Mafwa Theatre
@mafwatheatre.bsky.social
🧡Leeds based community theatre company bringing refugees, asylum seekers & settled communities together ✨ https://t.co/Qz91RTyG8F
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Mafwa Theatre
@mafwatheatre.bsky.social
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🍁 New this autumn: Art Club 🎨
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
We’re so proud that Lincoln Greeners won Environmental Achievement of the Year at the Leeds Compassionate City Awards!🦉🧡
From a small weekly gardening group to a thriving community growing food, sharing skills and transforming the neighbourhood - this award belongs to everyone who’s been part of it.
From a small weekly gardening group to a thriving community growing food, sharing skills and transforming the neighbourhood - this award belongs to everyone who’s been part of it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We’re so proud that Lincoln Greeners won Environmental Achievement of the Year at the Leeds Compassionate City Awards!🦉🧡
From a small weekly gardening group to a thriving community growing food, sharing skills and transforming the neighbourhood - this award belongs to everyone who’s been part of it.
From a small weekly gardening group to a thriving community growing food, sharing skills and transforming the neighbourhood - this award belongs to everyone who’s been part of it.
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⚠️ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Home Secretary to radically overhaul the UK asylum system, we condemn in the strongest terms the proposals made.
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
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The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
⚠️ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Home Secretary to radically overhaul the UK asylum system, we condemn in the strongest terms the proposals made.
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
🍂 We’ve spent the last month running Art Club with Space2 - free creative mornings using leaves and natural materials. Everyone’s been experimenting in their own way, and it’s been such a lovely mix of play, colour and seasonal creativity!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🍂 We’ve spent the last month running Art Club with Space2 - free creative mornings using leaves and natural materials. Everyone’s been experimenting in their own way, and it’s been such a lovely mix of play, colour and seasonal creativity!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
🌿 Filming at the Roxby Community Garden!
The Nature Neighbourhoods team joined us in the Roxby Community Garden the other week to film a short piece celebrating the end of the project and highlighting Mafwa’s involvement. 🎥
Keep your eyes peeled for the finished video!
The Nature Neighbourhoods team joined us in the Roxby Community Garden the other week to film a short piece celebrating the end of the project and highlighting Mafwa’s involvement. 🎥
Keep your eyes peeled for the finished video!
October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🌿 Filming at the Roxby Community Garden!
The Nature Neighbourhoods team joined us in the Roxby Community Garden the other week to film a short piece celebrating the end of the project and highlighting Mafwa’s involvement. 🎥
Keep your eyes peeled for the finished video!
The Nature Neighbourhoods team joined us in the Roxby Community Garden the other week to film a short piece celebrating the end of the project and highlighting Mafwa’s involvement. 🎥
Keep your eyes peeled for the finished video!
We’re thrilled to receive funding from Unlimited & the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to upgrade equipment & spaces for our weekly groups 🌿🎭
This small capital funding will help us make our creative spaces more accessible & welcoming for refugees, asylum seekers & settled communities in Leeds.
This small capital funding will help us make our creative spaces more accessible & welcoming for refugees, asylum seekers & settled communities in Leeds.
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We’re thrilled to receive funding from Unlimited & the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to upgrade equipment & spaces for our weekly groups 🌿🎭
This small capital funding will help us make our creative spaces more accessible & welcoming for refugees, asylum seekers & settled communities in Leeds.
This small capital funding will help us make our creative spaces more accessible & welcoming for refugees, asylum seekers & settled communities in Leeds.
The Lincoln Greeners were savouring the best of both seasons earlier this month. We enjoyed the late summer sun whilst preparing for the months ahead, picking vine leaves & harvesting pumpkins. 🍁
Shoutout to Asnie, who brought her sash along to celebrate being a Miss Global England finalist! 👑
Shoutout to Asnie, who brought her sash along to celebrate being a Miss Global England finalist! 👑
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Lincoln Greeners were savouring the best of both seasons earlier this month. We enjoyed the late summer sun whilst preparing for the months ahead, picking vine leaves & harvesting pumpkins. 🍁
Shoutout to Asnie, who brought her sash along to celebrate being a Miss Global England finalist! 👑
Shoutout to Asnie, who brought her sash along to celebrate being a Miss Global England finalist! 👑
🍁 New this autumn: Art Club 🎨
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🍁 New this autumn: Art Club 🎨
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
Free weekly creative mornings in Roxby Community Garden with Mafwa Theatre & Space2. Explore playful, nature-inspired art like cyanotypes, leaf prints & more.
Spaces are limited so sign up today!
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/sign-up
✨ Kuluhenna Drama returns 25 Sept! Free, weekly drama group for women & non-binary people from refugee, asylum seeker & settled communities. Thursdays 10:30–12 at Anglers Club, LS9. Sign up 👉 www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
Kuluhenna Drama: free weekly creative drama group for women and non-binary people in Leeds — Mafwa Theatre
Join Kuluhenna Drama, a free weekly drama group for women and non-binary people in Leeds. Participate in creative activities, movement, and storytelling to build confidence and make new friends. Sessi...
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
✨ Kuluhenna Drama returns 25 Sept! Free, weekly drama group for women & non-binary people from refugee, asylum seeker & settled communities. Thursdays 10:30–12 at Anglers Club, LS9. Sign up 👉 www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/current-proj...
In a time when division is often in the headlines, it’s vital to share projects creating space for dialogue & solidarity.We’re proud to feature in Chapel FM’s Bridges Not Borders, a brilliant series empowering refugees & asylum seekers to share stories.
🎧 Listen: www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/...
🎧 Listen: www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/...
Bridges NOT Borders
Bridges NOT Borders is show empowering refugees and asylum seekers to share their stories, experiences, and insights. Join us on a journey of discovery through the connections that can be made within ...
www.chapelfm.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In a time when division is often in the headlines, it’s vital to share projects creating space for dialogue & solidarity.We’re proud to feature in Chapel FM’s Bridges Not Borders, a brilliant series empowering refugees & asylum seekers to share stories.
🎧 Listen: www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/...
🎧 Listen: www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/...
We’re opening our doors at Patrick Studios this Sat for Leeds Open Studios (11–14 Sept)! Step inside artists’ workspaces, meet makers & join activities. Our studio will be open for a nosy + we’ll be manning a stall downstairs, come say hi!
eaststreetarts.org.uk/event/open-s...
eaststreetarts.org.uk/event/open-s...
Open Studios at East Street Arts - East Street Arts
Join us this September as we open the doors to Patrick Studios and Convention House for our Open Studios – a rare chance to step inside working studios, meet the artists, and explore the creative hear...
eaststreetarts.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We’re opening our doors at Patrick Studios this Sat for Leeds Open Studios (11–14 Sept)! Step inside artists’ workspaces, meet makers & join activities. Our studio will be open for a nosy + we’ll be manning a stall downstairs, come say hi!
eaststreetarts.org.uk/event/open-s...
eaststreetarts.org.uk/event/open-s...
☀️It’s been a summer full of good weather & good growth & the Lincoln Greeners have been busy soaking it up. We’ve welcomed new faces, shared meals, enjoyed harvests & made the most of the season. Now we’re looking forward to settling into the rhythm of planting, pruning & gathering as autumn beckons
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
☀️It’s been a summer full of good weather & good growth & the Lincoln Greeners have been busy soaking it up. We’ve welcomed new faces, shared meals, enjoyed harvests & made the most of the season. Now we’re looking forward to settling into the rhythm of planting, pruning & gathering as autumn beckons
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Everyday we are confronted by the relentless brutality and weight of multiple protracted crisises. We can’t ignore our rage, but we won’t be consumed by it.
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
Hope is a Discipline! Solidarity Knows No Borders!
YouTube video by Migrants Organise
www.youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Everyday we are confronted by the relentless brutality and weight of multiple protracted crisises. We can’t ignore our rage, but we won’t be consumed by it.
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
🌱✨What a summer it’s been with Garden Gremlins! Over the past month, several hundred children & parents joined us in Roxby Community Garden, filling the space with colour, laughter & creative chaos.
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🌱✨What a summer it’s been with Garden Gremlins! Over the past month, several hundred children & parents joined us in Roxby Community Garden, filling the space with colour, laughter & creative chaos.
🌞 Garden Gremlins starts tomorrow!
Our free summer art club for families kicks off Thursday 11am–4pm in the Roxby Community Garden.
Drop in any time. Stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome. 💚
Our free summer art club for families kicks off Thursday 11am–4pm in the Roxby Community Garden.
Drop in any time. Stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome. 💚
🌿🖍️ Garden Gremlins is back!
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌞 Garden Gremlins starts tomorrow!
Our free summer art club for families kicks off Thursday 11am–4pm in the Roxby Community Garden.
Drop in any time. Stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome. 💚
Our free summer art club for families kicks off Thursday 11am–4pm in the Roxby Community Garden.
Drop in any time. Stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome. 💚
☀️Such a lovely day out on Thursday with some of our Kuluhenna Drama & Lincoln Greeners crew! We took a trip to Temple Newsam and explored the house, learnt about its history and amazing art collection, then wandered over to the farm to see the piglets 🐷 and spring lambs 🐑
July 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
☀️Such a lovely day out on Thursday with some of our Kuluhenna Drama & Lincoln Greeners crew! We took a trip to Temple Newsam and explored the house, learnt about its history and amazing art collection, then wandered over to the farm to see the piglets 🐷 and spring lambs 🐑
Amazing work, having a safe, welcoming place to land can be life changing. Big love to @refugeesathome.bsky.social and everyone opening their doors and making space where it’s needed most.
We’ve just hit an exciting milestone 🎉
As of this afternoon we’ve placed a total of 7,000 guests with hosts across the UK.
A huge thank you to all our hosts, guests, home-visitors, staff, and supporters for helping us make this happen ❤️
As of this afternoon we’ve placed a total of 7,000 guests with hosts across the UK.
A huge thank you to all our hosts, guests, home-visitors, staff, and supporters for helping us make this happen ❤️
July 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Amazing work, having a safe, welcoming place to land can be life changing. Big love to @refugeesathome.bsky.social and everyone opening their doors and making space where it’s needed most.
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Our thoughts are with the people seeking safety, including children, who have been targeted with racist harassment, threats and violence outside the buildings in which they have been forced to live.
July 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Our thoughts are with the people seeking safety, including children, who have been targeted with racist harassment, threats and violence outside the buildings in which they have been forced to live.
🌞 Just in time for summer – our brand new enamel pin is here!
Inspired by the Roxby Community Garden, it’s a pocket-sized celebration of everything we’ve grown together.
Prices start at £2.50 - or get one for free when you spend £10+ 💛
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/shop/p/mafwa...
Inspired by the Roxby Community Garden, it’s a pocket-sized celebration of everything we’ve grown together.
Prices start at £2.50 - or get one for free when you spend £10+ 💛
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/shop/p/mafwa...
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌞 Just in time for summer – our brand new enamel pin is here!
Inspired by the Roxby Community Garden, it’s a pocket-sized celebration of everything we’ve grown together.
Prices start at £2.50 - or get one for free when you spend £10+ 💛
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/shop/p/mafwa...
Inspired by the Roxby Community Garden, it’s a pocket-sized celebration of everything we’ve grown together.
Prices start at £2.50 - or get one for free when you spend £10+ 💛
www.mafwatheatre.co.uk/shop/p/mafwa...
🌱Last month, Bei & Danmore took a trip to the beautiful Meanwood Valley Urban Farm to lead a workshop for the Nature Recovery & Connections Conference, part of the @climateactionleeds.bsky.social Festival.
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🌱Last month, Bei & Danmore took a trip to the beautiful Meanwood Valley Urban Farm to lead a workshop for the Nature Recovery & Connections Conference, part of the @climateactionleeds.bsky.social Festival.
✨ Still feeling the love from Refugee Week 2025 ✨
Family Flourish Day was full of joy, music, dancing & play.
Catch up on the week with photos, a brilliant Chapel FM radio piece & ways to support our work:
tinyurl.com/3yyw3cjk
Family Flourish Day was full of joy, music, dancing & play.
Catch up on the week with photos, a brilliant Chapel FM radio piece & ways to support our work:
tinyurl.com/3yyw3cjk
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
✨ Still feeling the love from Refugee Week 2025 ✨
Family Flourish Day was full of joy, music, dancing & play.
Catch up on the week with photos, a brilliant Chapel FM radio piece & ways to support our work:
tinyurl.com/3yyw3cjk
Family Flourish Day was full of joy, music, dancing & play.
Catch up on the week with photos, a brilliant Chapel FM radio piece & ways to support our work:
tinyurl.com/3yyw3cjk
🌿🖍️ Garden Gremlins is back!
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
June 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🌿🖍️ Garden Gremlins is back!
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
Join our free family art club - a space to build, play & explore together in the Roxby Community Garden.
🎨Each week, we’ll use natural materials to explore colour, shape & imagination. No need to book, just drop in & enjoy some creative time outdoors!
🌞Open to all ages
Playbox is open & day one was a blast!
Over 80 kids joined us for bubbles, water play & creative fun in the sun 🫧☀️ Families even brought picnic blankets & stayed to eat dinner by the box! A joyful start to #RefugeeWeek 🧡
Find us by Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers: Wed–Fri 2–5pm | Sat 11–4 | Sun 1–6
Over 80 kids joined us for bubbles, water play & creative fun in the sun 🫧☀️ Families even brought picnic blankets & stayed to eat dinner by the box! A joyful start to #RefugeeWeek 🧡
Find us by Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers: Wed–Fri 2–5pm | Sat 11–4 | Sun 1–6
June 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Playbox is open & day one was a blast!
Over 80 kids joined us for bubbles, water play & creative fun in the sun 🫧☀️ Families even brought picnic blankets & stayed to eat dinner by the box! A joyful start to #RefugeeWeek 🧡
Find us by Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers: Wed–Fri 2–5pm | Sat 11–4 | Sun 1–6
Over 80 kids joined us for bubbles, water play & creative fun in the sun 🫧☀️ Families even brought picnic blankets & stayed to eat dinner by the box! A joyful start to #RefugeeWeek 🧡
Find us by Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers: Wed–Fri 2–5pm | Sat 11–4 | Sun 1–6
Alongside performances & workshops, the garden will be full of activities & stalls to explore this Sunday..
🌼Get creative with Space2’s natural craft activities
🌿Visit the Lincoln Greeners stall for fresh produce & teabag making
🎓Chat to the Lifelong Learning Centre about learning opps & resources
🌼Get creative with Space2’s natural craft activities
🌿Visit the Lincoln Greeners stall for fresh produce & teabag making
🎓Chat to the Lifelong Learning Centre about learning opps & resources
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Alongside performances & workshops, the garden will be full of activities & stalls to explore this Sunday..
🌼Get creative with Space2’s natural craft activities
🌿Visit the Lincoln Greeners stall for fresh produce & teabag making
🎓Chat to the Lifelong Learning Centre about learning opps & resources
🌼Get creative with Space2’s natural craft activities
🌿Visit the Lincoln Greeners stall for fresh produce & teabag making
🎓Chat to the Lifelong Learning Centre about learning opps & resources
This year’s Family Flourish Day invites you to move, breathe & connect through 2 dance workshops offering a unique window into culture, tradition & connection💃
🇿🇼 Mambokadzi Dance Workshop: Led by Zimbabwean choreographer Enisia Mashusha, this workshop fuses African rhythms, storytelling & movement.
🇿🇼 Mambokadzi Dance Workshop: Led by Zimbabwean choreographer Enisia Mashusha, this workshop fuses African rhythms, storytelling & movement.
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This year’s Family Flourish Day invites you to move, breathe & connect through 2 dance workshops offering a unique window into culture, tradition & connection💃
🇿🇼 Mambokadzi Dance Workshop: Led by Zimbabwean choreographer Enisia Mashusha, this workshop fuses African rhythms, storytelling & movement.
🇿🇼 Mambokadzi Dance Workshop: Led by Zimbabwean choreographer Enisia Mashusha, this workshop fuses African rhythms, storytelling & movement.
Getting ready for the first Playbox session in LS9 today! Water play, & creative games incoming 💦☀️
Find us next to Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers
📍The Playbox is open all week:
Tues–Fri: 2–5pm, Sat: 11–4pm,
Sun: 1–6pm
Find us next to Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers
📍The Playbox is open all week:
Tues–Fri: 2–5pm, Sat: 11–4pm,
Sun: 1–6pm
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Getting ready for the first Playbox session in LS9 today! Water play, & creative games incoming 💦☀️
Find us next to Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers
📍The Playbox is open all week:
Tues–Fri: 2–5pm, Sat: 11–4pm,
Sun: 1–6pm
Find us next to Granville Rd/Ferriby Towers
📍The Playbox is open all week:
Tues–Fri: 2–5pm, Sat: 11–4pm,
Sun: 1–6pm