Meet the team

Abdullahi is a creative who has a background in dance and performing arts and aspires to one day write and perform on television. Abdullahi has taken part in different performance pieces, namely Super Normal Extra Natural by Requardt & Rosenberg as part of The This is Croydon, Borough of Culture Programme and recently We Can Be Heroes as part of Croydonites festival.

Abdullahi has a strong passion for making a difference and personal and career development for himself and others. 

Molly is an working class, actor-singer and theatre producer who trained at Rose Bruford College in London and Syracuse University in New York. Molly is a lover of all things comedy and manages her own theatre company called InStitches, in which they specialise in comedy improv and have a residency at The Pen Theatre in Peckham. 

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Nathan is a Youth Delivery Mentoring Officer at the youth charity called Reaching Higher and a Croydon based freelance artist/aspiring comic artist. Nathan has experience in graphic design, Animation, and Visual storytelling graduating from Ravensbourne University in 2023. Now Nathan is developing his own comic series called Andromeda Phenomena that can be read on the webcomic site called Tapas.

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Katia is a Croydon based freelance artist with a passion for building immersive worlds through their multidisciplinary art. With experience in theatre, music, movement, videography, and scenic and costume design, Katia's work explores how creativity can spark meaningful conversations and challenge the status quo. They're all about creating socially engaged projects that activate and inspire discussion.

As the Young Creative Lead for the Borough of Culture, Katia chairs the Youth Arts Advisory Group, advocating for youth voices in the arts and ensuring that young people are at the heart of everything they do. From bringing bold ideas to life to pushing for more youth representation, Katia’s work is all about giving young people the tools to shape the future of art and culture.

Andrew is a In-house youth worker at Stanley arts with the team at Stanley Arts in South Norwood. Although Andrew's career in the arts has been broad, including theatre, dance, screen, and also literature and heritage work, Andrew's passion for the creative arts began with community and youth theatres in Northern Ireland, where he grew up.

Andrew supports the Youth Arts Advisory Group, co-chairing advocacy meetings and working to provide a regular space for the advisory group that champions the values of its participants.