“Sounds Like Chaos are an exciting young company who make brilliant work. Not just for a youth theatre not just theatre as social work but brilliant work in its own right for audiences”

-Liz Moreton (Director of Creativity and Social Change, Battersea Arts Centre)

“This group has shaped me into the person I am today and given me so many opportunities to train and do new things that would not be open to someone born and raised in Lewisham. At this highly competitive time being a member of Sounds Like Chaos and the skills gained enhances my future on both a personal and professional level.”

-Company Member

Our collective comprises of Artists aged 12-27 year olds from across South East London. Based at the Albany, we make work that is responsive to our time, creating urgent, accessible, cultural interventions through the lens of our collective. Together we are reimagining the future of our communities through creativity.  We do this by creating new devised performances and by developing new diverse artists and arts leaders, employing, supporting and commissioning the next generation of emerging artists and change makers through a unique co-creation methodology. We put young artists at the centre of how the company works, both creatively and strategically.

We want people working in art to come from all different backgrounds so the things we see, do and remember reflect us all as a people. We believe in our members as exciting artists now and in the future. We nurture their confidence in their ideas and skills. We create theatre, art and cultural projects for social change, through long-term collaboration with them, making work that connects our experiences across age, class, gender and race.  Our devised performances are energetic, raw and fun. We specalise in making a mess on stage, leaving behind a trail of chaos.

SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS was founded in 2009 by Gemma Rowan and Roisin Feeny. Starting as a drop in drama group, Gemma and Roisin reacted to the desires of the young people and over time their unique methodology began to emerge.  With backgrounds in theatre making, facilitating, writing and producing both internationally and locally, they have a rich experience of creating complex participatory arts projects, performances and events that centre young people of all backgrounds.

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WE ARE

 

Artistic Director:
Roisin Feeny

Associate Director: 
Sarah Tarry

Directors:
Gemma Rowan
Rose Alexander

Community Producer:
Christine Bramwell

Marketing & Digital:
Jade de Sylva

Collaborators:
Designer: Adele Jeffs
Graphic Design: Kai Bristol
Film: VIDEOfeet
Composer and Sound Design: Keir Vine
Lighting Design: Sarah Readman
Set Designer: Kat Heath
Architect: Lettice Drake, Practice Architecture
Director: Amber Ruby
Dramaturg: Eva Edo
Producers: Rosie Scudder, Sophie Drury-Bradey

Collective:
Phoebe Fairchild
Indie Max
Chiquita Delisser
Amaarah Roze
Faruq Adigun 
Christine Bramwell
Zoe Thompson  
Ines Yearwood-Sanchez
Cleo Thompson
Marlo Savin 
Kaylah Jackson
Rofeda Bougaga
Aleksa Asme
Jade de Sylva

Meet the team

 

Associate Director: 
Sarah Tarry

Sarah is a creative producer specising in supporting emerging artists, youth led projects and events/festival programming. She has worked across art forms but started her career in theatre and participation and have previously worked at organisations such as Southbank Centre, Almeida Theatre, Unlimited and Touretteshero. Sarah has admired SLC's work for years and says it is a real privilege to be working with such a creative group of artists.





Director:
Rose Alexander

Rose is a community organiser, optimistic about change and the power of people in partnership. A local Deptford resident, she started volunteering for Sounds Like Chaos in 2016 and continues to be inspired and excited by the company and its Associates almost a decade later! When not at SLC, Rose works for Camden Council in the Participation & Partnerships team and is on the board for Camden Giving.

Community Producer:
Christine Bramwell

Christine is an interdisciplinary artist who finds joy in discovering the correlations between ecology, the body and sound. She has trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Performance Art. Christine is a co- director of Soundcamp and a member of No Borders in Climate Justice.








Marketing & Digital:
Jade de Sylva

Jade is an arts marketer and community organiser whose goals are to highlight local and upcoming talent. Having worked for many South London-based organisations including the Albany, BALAMII, Battersea Arts Centre and Brixton House, she has used the knowledge to start her own initiate, LISTEN+LEARN, removing financial barriers to DJing and vinyl culture with workshops, peer-led research and social campaigns.

City Bridge Foundation
Children in Need
The Listening Fund
Lewisham Homes
Arts Council England
Lewisham Council
The National Lottery Community Fund
Comic Relief
The London Community Foundation
Royal Victoria Hall Foundation
The Jack Petchey Foundation
New Cross Assembly
London City Hall’s Culture Seeds
The Albany
The Ravensdale Foundation