British Muslim Communities’ Engagement with Theatre
Serena B. Slack-Robins served as stage manager on our award-winning debut production, Conference of the Birds, at the Tabernacle, Nottinghill Gate, London in 1998. She is now undertaking research in pursuit of a PhD in collaboration with Khayaal and Manchester Metropolitan University supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership.
The research will examine the scope and value of British Muslim theatre-making to the British Muslim communities. As well as the value to the British Muslim community in having a voice in British theatre. It will also identify the social, cultural, economic, theological, historical, and regional factors that influence British Muslim communities’ engagement with theatre.
The research aims to highlight both the value and pitfalls of creating British Muslim theatre for British Muslim communities and give it a stronger public profile in British theatre, culture, and society.
We invite as many of our audiences, stakeholders, partners, alumni and those interested in Muslim theatre to contribute to this research by completing this questionnaire as soon as possible before 20th July 2025. Learn more about the research project.
