“I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything so it can fall into place.”
Susan Stroman
About
Rafia is a dynamic executive producer and fundraiser collaborating with Britain’s most exciting Black and Brown artists on socially engaged projects locally, nationally and internationally. Her portfolio spans small and middle scale productions, co-creation, programming and artist development.
Rafia produces because she finds joy in working creatively to bring great ideas into reality. She is an advocate for social justice, the role of the independent producer in the performing arts sector and fair pay. She firmly believes that the best stories are born from perspectives that reflect the richness and diversity of the world we live in. She sees the role of the work she does in the cultural sector as a means to working towards collective liberation.
As well as an independent producer, Rafia is the Strategic Producer of In Good Company, the flagship artist development programme for the Midlands, delivered in conjunction with a multi-venue partnership.
Feel free to have a snoop around this website to get a sense of the kind of Rafia does.
Photo credit: David Wilson Clarke