‘ Are you coming or going? ’
Creative gatherings for listening, learning and transformation. Produced by Tribal Soul Arts CIC. Tailor-made workshops and programmes for families, artists, educators, community organisations, public and private sectors. Designed and curated by Patrice Naiambana.
Currently On Offer
A creative gathering combining live gentle music for creative writing and shared reflection. If you enjoy blogging, handwritten letters or journaling, whatever your writing project this space will kindle your imagination.
Community Workshops & Gatherings
Through drumming, storytelling, movement, dialogue, and collaborative creativity, participants discover new ways of learning, communicating, and imagining together.We have engaged participants at Stoke Youth & Community Centre, The Plot and Mount Wise Neighbourhood Devonport in Plymouth.
PERFORMANCE & REFLECTIONS
A curated selection of performance works, seminars and reflective projects engaging memory, diaspora, resistance, identity and collective imagination (2022–2026).
Artists from varied backgrounds respond to the theme of "Overcoming" through music, movement, spoken word and visual expression. We facilitate a wide range of engaging performance seminars.
We facilitate a wide range of engaging performance seminars
A performance project exploring identity, visibility, misrecognition through movement, sound and image. In collaboration with Kathryn Hunter. Photos Tamas Kovacs
Harold George Artistic Director of Dunia Dance, Belgium with Kemi Durosinmi Stunt Performer, Actor
Photos Emily Appleton
Ric White Musician & Dartington Studio Audience
Harshita Koushik Dancer, Vocalist with Patrice Naiambana
Photos Tamas Kovacs
Film & Digital Media
Trees of Hope Zimbabwe
Direction and co-production of video and photographic documentation for Trees of Hope CIC, a community-driven initiative aimed at protecting and restoring indigenous trees. We had a fruitful collaboration with Mhondiwa Mhepo, filmmaker and photographer.
Our ensemble model strengthens communication, empathy and leadership across public and private sector teams.
The Gospel of Othello
An ensemble canon conceived, written and facilitated by Patrice Naiambana in several countries
‘ This is a ground-breaking initiative that brings a variety of different cultural perspectives to bear on Shakespeare's text, allowing Othello to be re-imagined in a way that opens up key questions about race, identity and belonging. ‘
Dr. James Moran
Associate Professor in Drama, University of Nottingham
Creativity Without Borders
Our work connects artists, communities, educators, and cultural practitioners across continents.
Australia
Canada
Mozambique
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Through international partnerships and cultural exchange programmes, Tribal Soul Arts creates opportunities for learning, dialogue, and collaborative creation.
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
What Participants Say
Working towards greater inclusivity with PHAB – Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied Charity.
‘ Patrice's diasporic performance class is the highlight of the programme. The students come away stimulated intellectually and physically. ‘Dr. Dipo Agboluaje Course Leader British American Drama Academy‘ I want to express my sincere gratitude for your exceptional work with Y1 students. Your brilliance in offering insightful sessions has not only instilled greater confidence in them but has also significantly contributed to their growth as actors. ‘Claudette Williams Programme Leader BA Hons Acting The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama‘ Patrice’s approach to storytelling is revelatory. I have learnt so much about so many different cultures and feel I can story tell through any medium. Some of the most wonderful training I have ever received. ‘JH - The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Patrice Naiambana Animateur / Performance Artist / Founder
About us
Tribal Soul Arts is an interdisciplinary performance laboratory rooted in diaspora practices and traditions. Working alongside master artists, citizens, communities and public and private sector partners, we create participatory programmes, performances and creative gatherings shaped by rhythm, storytelling, movement, reflection and intercultural exchange.We are guided by two questions:“How are we living?” and “How do we want to live?”TSA CIC is committed to promoting culturepreneurship — using creativity within the cultural sphere to support sustainable livelihoods, alternative learning, participation and wellbeing. Led by Patrice Naiambana — Animateur and Performance Artist — the journey began in the living rooms of artists and community members in Chapeltown, Leeds in 1991, developing through informal ensembles, interdisciplinary collaborations and community-based creative practice.Alongside work in mainstream professional arenas including the RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, BBC and Netflix, Patrice continued designing creative gatherings for community, educational and wellbeing contexts.
Patrons
Dr Rita Abrahamsen
Professor of African Studies at the University of Oxford and an internationally recognised scholar of African politics, global affairs and postcolonial thought.Her influential work explores Africa’s place within changing world orders, alongside questions of power, democracy, security and Pan-Africanism in contemporary global politics.As Patron of Tribal Soul Arts CIC, she brings a longstanding commitment to critical inquiry and international dialogue.
Kathryn Hunter
An internationally acclaimed Olivier Award-winning actor, director and theatre maker renowned for her groundbreaking work in physical and ensemble performance.Her distinguished career spans collaborations with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, Complicité and major international theatre companies.Her performance in The Tragedy of Macbeth earned the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress.As Patron of Tribal Soul Arts CIC, she brings a longstanding commitment to innovative performance practice.
Advisory Board
Ade Daramy
Head of News QTV Gambia
Usifu Jalloh
Master Storyteller, Director of Maambena Festival Sierra Leone
Angela Hadjipateras
CEO Zalala Foundation, Mozambique
Lucy MacKeith
Community Historian, Devon
WHERE WE HAVE WORKED
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