The Love Project
An all-female theatre company, using theatre as a creative vehicle to challenge exclusion in the cultural sector & drive systemic change. With this series of workshops we aim to help women discover and harness the art within themselves. Through creative expression, movement, and voice work our project provides a safe and supportive space for personal growth, healing, and empowerment. We work directly with groups of women whose stories are routinely erased; survivors of abuse, trans, Global Majority, working-class; those navigating structural exclusion from cultural life. The project design responds to pressing social realities: gender-based violence, cultural displacement, & the continued underrepresentation of marginalised voices in the arts.
The Workshops
Led by movement director Lydia Baksh, voice director Annie Morrison, and our team of writers and dramaturgs, the project focuses on embodied movement, voice, narrative structure, and personal storytelling. Over the course of eight trauma-informed creative workshops—hosted at Bush Theatre and Civic Action Lab (in partnership with Camden Council)—participants will explore and develop their emotional literacy, confidence, and artistic expression.
Through voice, movement, and writing practices, we gather lived experiences using verbatim methodology, embedding real participant stories into the creative fabric of our play How To Kill a Chicken. We strive for bold, high-quality, socially engaged theatre that reflects the complexity of lived realities of women from different backgrounds.
Meet the Team
"These extraordinary women will facilitate the workshops, bringing their experience, knowledge, and wisdom to the room, creating a safe and supportive space for women to participate freely and fully for a transformative experience.
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Annie has worked for over 40 years as a speech therapist and voice teacher specialising in performance. She teaches at leading drama schools, is a consultant to the UK’s major theatre companies and film directors, and runs workshop seminars for other voice professionals. Underpinned by her extensive therapeutic and technical training, her approach to voice is intuitive, imaginative and playful.
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Head of Movement at Rose Bruford and currently specialising in trauma-informed support for performers, Lydia brings both academic insight and embodied practice. As a former teacher of Giulietta’s, her involvement brings a full-circle mentorship element to the project. Her compassionate approach ensures the workshops are supportive and responsive to participants’ emotional needs.
Our partner Venue: The Bush Theatre
Our partner Venue: The Bush Theatre
Renowned for championing diverse voices, the theatre is a platform for underrepresented and marginalised communities. Bush Theatre’s grassroots approach to art and community engagement makes it an ideal partner, amplifying our project's social message and expanding its cultural impact whilst providing an accessible and professional space for our workshops in July.
With their support, we aim to reach the people who need it most
THE SURVIVORS TRUST
The Survivors Trust is a national organisation supporting specialist rape and sexual abuse services in the voluntary sector. With over 120 member organisations throughout the UK and Ireland who provide specialist support services to over 100,000 survivors each year.