NYT and Youth Theatre Kenya Igniting UK-Kenya Creative Collaborations
The British Council has selected 19 innovative projects to receive Catalyst Grants, including the National Youth Theatre of GB and NI and Youth Theatre Kenya's I Am Not A Robot. These grants marking a significant step toward the upcoming 2025 UK/Kenya Season.
They aim to catalyse new connections, exchanges, and collaborations between artists, creative practitioners, and cultural organisations in the UK and Kenya.
Joyce Nzovu, Arts Project Manager - Kenya, commented, “The Catalyst Grants are an essential step in fostering cultural exchange and creative collaboration between the UK and Kenya. Supporting these exchanges enables artists from diverse cultures to connect, innovate, and share ideas. The wide range of art forms creates meaningful opportunities for artists to engage, learn from one another’s experiences, explore new ways of working together, and spark fresh ideas that can inspire future innovation in the arts.”
Tom Porter, British Council's Country Director and East African Cluster, commented, “The Catalyst Grants showcase a diverse range of art forms — photography, theatre, visual arts, music, comedy among others — highlighting the rich creativity of Kenya and the UK. We are excited to see the impactful outcomes of these collaborations.”
The 2025 UK/Kenya Season, presented by the British Council in partnership with UK and Kenyan organisations, will celebrate creativity, innovation, and the strong cultural ties between the two countries. It will catalyse new partnerships and showcase Kenyan work in the UK, and vice versa through increased investment.
View the full list of the Kenya and UK grantees and their projects.
I Am Not A Robot
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) and Youth Theatre Kenya (YTK) will enable young people in the UK and Kenya to explore the international relevance of addressing the creative response to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how early career storytellers & theatremakers in both countries can embrace and support each other to benefit from its creative storytelling potential.
