In Spring 2022, Utopia Theatre will be touring Oladipo Agboluaje’s wonderful play, Here’s What She Said to Me, across the UK, along with livestreaming, making this the most ambitious tour the company has run to date. This tour has been supported by Arts Council England, house theatre, ArtsReach Rural Touring and Highlights Rural Touring, whose contributions have all supported the ambition of this tour and helped it achieve its scale.

Utopia Theatre among 925 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards
from the Culture Recovery Fund

This award will be used to protect the organisation’s sustainability and ensure
they are financially secure during their 2022 tour of Here’s What She Said to Me
by Oladipo Agboluaje, early next year.

The Theatre will be running a double bill of ‘Here’s What She Said to Me’ by Oladipo Agboluaje and ‘And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses’ by Zakes Mda at the festival. The performances, running from September 29th – October 2nd, 2021, will mark the companies first return to physical stages since the lockdown in 2020.

After previously raising £3000 toward this project, Utopia aims to raise another £7000 of their £10,000 target towards developing new talent from Africa and the African Diaspora

As the country slowly tries to return to normal, Utopia Theatre has launched a series of rehearsed readings of African plays online. 

Following its run in the Crucible this autumn, Sheffield Theatres and Utopia Theatre’s co-production
of Here’s What She Said To Me will be available to stream for free online from Tuesday 1 December
- Thursday 31 December.

Utopia Theatre Ltd. Has Been Awarded £69,634 As Part Of The Government’s £1.57 Billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) To Help Face The Challenges Of The Coronavirus Pandemic And To Ensure They Have A Sustainable Future, The Culture Secretary Has Announced Today.

Utopia Theatre today announces a new platform, the Creative Hub, bringing African theatre experts together to offer courses, workshops and events online. Utopia is partnering with national and international organisations, including Sheffield Theatres, to launch the free 6-month programme with support from the Arts Council’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.

We would like all our valued supporters and those who have contributed to the growth of Utopia Theatre know where we are, and how the latest development has impacted the company.