In my workshops, participants use their innate creativity to explore complex political realities. I facilitate so that others can have the space to come togeter tackle big questions with emotional honesty. It's an opportunity for me to ask questions, to share my tools, and to discover new ones in turn.
I've designed and delivered workshops for some amazing organisations, English PEN, QueerCircle, Camp Trans, The London Archives, Freie Universität Berlin, and King's College London. Read about some of my favourite projects below!
Beyond Equality works with boys and men to have feminist conversations about masculinity.
We use games, exercises, and critical questioning that encourage participants to think critically about the pressures and stereotypes that condition us to uphold patriarchy.
In doing so, our workshops empower the next generation of allies to tackle gender violence, building a world where boys and men are an active part of the movement for gender equality.
You can learn more by listening to this BBC podcast, or googling Beyond Equality to see what comes up!
With Small Nose, I worked to educate primary school children about the history of the Holocaust.
We helped students to devise pieces of theatre in response to the Kindertransport, which were then performed at Lewisham the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony.
In a world of increasing violence and polarisation, education is our tool. By keeping alive the stories of past genocides, this project worked to challenge those occuring today.
In this project, I saw first hand how willing children are to use that tool for the benefit of their community. And I learnt a lot from them about how to face up to injustice.
Through this project I delivered sex & relationships education that was sex positive, trauma informed, decolonial, and non-binary.
Which is a long way of saying it was the kind of radical sex ed that my generation needed and that none of us got.
I really enjoyed having frank and open conversations with young people about sex and all the things surrounding it. These conversations were funny, challenging, surprising, and always rich in honesty. Most importantly, they were student-led, creating space for participants to explore complex personal and political subjects for themselves.
"Tom has a deep respect for, and is constantly nurturing their curiosity! That level of openness makes them such a wonderful facilitator and authentic presence."
- Mark Curtis, Artistic Director of Small Nose Productions
"Tom curated a really accepting and safe space in which the medical conference attendees could play with language and characters freely. It was eye opening for us all and we came away with a renewed curiosity"
- Mandeep Singh, King's College medical student