About

Sibling Arts C.I.C.


Sibling Arts is a marginalised-led community interest company that amplifies underrepresented voices through theatre, music, dance & film.

We deliver multi-arts projects around lived experience, develop underserved artists & organisations & multiply impact in the arts ecology through cross-sector organising & advocacy.

Our magnum opus, Sex Worker's Opera has sold out shows in 9 countries to standing ovations every night, based on the experiences of its 35 performers & over 100 stories from around the world.

Gender Blending Storytelling delivers trans/non-binary hxstory via storytelling to young people KS3 & teacher training in diverse schools.

Our debut 10min short film 'Johnny Barnes' takes an ancient Irish folk song on a musical fantasia through genders and generations & has been in 5 film festivals to date in UK, Canada & Netherlands.

Our training activates new artists & develops emerging artists' careers. Our consulting has raised £404k for marginalised-led arts projects & organisations, with £1M raised for our own projects to date.

Our participatory arts pedagogy has had a PhD published at Guildhall & informed the impact strategy of Arts Council England, Mamacash, Amnesty International & Open Society Foundations.

Sibling Arts' unique approach:

Our ethos

Team


Directors


Alex Etchart

Creative Director; Theatre, Music, Partnerships & Global Voice

Co-founder Alex Etchart (they/them) is an Anglo-Uruguayan social artist using theatre, music, film & education to amplify queer, decolonial & environmental communities & campaigns across UK/internationally.

A multi-instrumentalist composer raised in the South American folk tradition, Alex mixes folk, jazz, classical & electronica to unearth invisibilised hxstories in collaborative writing workshops.

Alex consults for marginalised-led organisations to improve their funding strategy, financial planning & cross-sector partnerships to improve outcomes & connectivity for all stakeholders.

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Siobhán Knox

Director of Communications; Theatre, Dance, PR & Local Voice

Co-founder Siobhán Knox (she/her) is a queer, feminist interdisciplinary & community artist, working internationally & in the UK, performing solo & with other musicians, poets & filmmakers. Currently she is combining voice, music & movement to create an immersive performed archive of her & her late mother's political art work.

Siobhán is a performing songwriter & a dancer/choreographer who has facilitated hundreds of theatre/movement workshops with marginalised communities, adults & children. Siobhán works with grassroots artists & organisations to develop & improve their community engagement strategies, visibility & comms while protecting the equity & representation of their contituents.


Quick Links
Sex Worker's Opera
Johnny Barnes short film - a lost Irish folk song goes to queer utopia
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