Sibling Arts C.I.C

Who we are

Sibling Arts is a marginalised-led community interest company that amplifies underrepresented voices through theatre, music, dance & film.

We deliver multi-arts projects around lived experience, develop underserved artists & organisations & multiply impact in the arts ecology through cross-sector organising & advocacy.

Our magnum opus, Sex Worker's Opera has sold out shows in 9 countries to standing ovations every night, based on the experiences of its 35 performers & over 100 stories from around the world.

Gender Blending Storytelling delivers trans/non-binary hxstory via storytelling to young people KS3 & teacher training in diverse schools.

Our debut 10min short film 'Johnny Barnes' takes an ancient Irish folk song on a musical fantasia through genders and generations & has been in 5 film festivals to date in UK, Canada & Netherlands.

Our training activates new artists & develops emerging artists' careers. Our consulting has raised £404k for marginalised-led arts projects & organisations, with £1M raised for our own projects to date.

Our participatory arts pedagogy has had a PhD published at Guildhall & informed the impact strategy of Arts Council England, Mamacash, Amnesty International & Open Society Foundations.

Our culture and values

Sibling Arts' unique approach:

• Representation we incorporate lived-experience at every level of an arts project
• Devolution of ownership & we invest in artists' longitudinal development in arts careers to grow together
• Consultation of stakeholder communities continually to ensure representation is empowering & stays relevant
• Collaboration with frontline grassroots campaigns to maximise social impact & foster cross-pollination of skills, resources, perspectives.

   

  Our ethos

• Community is Quality - to transcend binaries such as 'professional' & 'community' arts we unlocking talents & activate hidden artists to stun audiences through authenticity & urgent storytelling
• Voice is Ownership - there is no such thing as the 'voiceless' (Arundhati Roy) but true voice comes from owning the production, creative direction & distribution of creative media
• Engagement Uplifts Everyone - creatively involving communities at all stages of a project the more the impact reverberates through communities & sectors inc. human rights, public health, policy & culture.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Our team and members

Our directors and members are working mothers, sex workers, LGBTQ+, variously trans and non-binary, from 11 countries, living with complex disabilities and in diverse lifestyles.

We are not a typical charity or 'saviour' organisation. We respect everyone's needs and choices. We see empowerment as the opportunity to reclaim space in the arts where previously excluded, not questioning anyone’s lifestyles or survival mechanisms under late capitalism.

Representation

We particularly welcome candidates who identify as POC, queer, trans, disabled, neurodivergent, working class, sex workers, from the global majority and/or from marginalised communities, as these are the communities we come from and serve.