Mandala Theatre Company is a Global Majority led charity, creating theatre with social justice at its heart. We are an Arts Council England funded National Portfolio Organisation based in Oxford, our work connects people and brings them together. We believe that the arts are a force for change and so we aim to create community and to influence social, policy and system change.

Established in 2015, we give voice to those whose stories are not heard and give those stories life by producing work for local, national and international audiences. Mandala is also a place where young people come together to create, train, perform and belong. We employ, train and nurture artists and young people offering pathways into the Creative Industries.

Providing a range of shows from drama and poetry, to comedy and family performances. Oxford Playhouse also produce and tour their own shows by creating live performances here in Oxford.

CAG Oxfordshire (Community Action Groups Oxfordshire) is a network of over 100 community action groups working across Oxfordshire to make it a safer, fairer, greener, more sustainable place to live, work and visit.

Ajos Trust is a social enterprise championing dance for positive change in the UK and Philippines. Founder JJ Formento is a contemporary dancer who stands up for equity, inclusion and social justice.

The Oxford Art Ensemble (OAE) is a collective of musicians, writers, digital sound artists and visual artists/film makers, who immerse their audiences in multi-disciplinary performances, exploring how we can come together in order to address the overwhelming complexity of the interconnected crises of our time.

The OAE core group of multi-instrumentalist musicians invite local writers and performing artists to co-create unique performances, using different approaches to group improvisation and making improvised performance accessible to all audiences.

We take our inspiration from the Art Ensemble of Chicago, a collective of multi-instrumentalists, who pioneered musical improvisation in the 70’s and challenged the political and cultural paradigm of their time.