DISPLACE YOURSELF THEATRE LP

What DISPLACE YOURSELF THEATRE LP does

Displace Yourself Theatre LP (DYT) is a Bradford-based touring theatre company and registered UK charity (Charity Number 1183481, Company Number 10660125) founded in 2012 by Co-Directors Jen Nevin and Mike Auger. The organisation operates across three interconnected pillars: Theatre (original physical theatre productions), Community (the Creating Together programme for displaced people), and Wellbeing (Inner Sound therapeutic services). Its primary beneficiaries are displaced, refugee, and asylum-seeking communities in Bradford and Stockton-on-Tees, where DYT is the sole provider of creative mental health programmes for these populations. It also tours productions nationally and engages general UK arts audiences through venue partnerships.

DYT's core methodology combines physical theatre using fragments of images and text, original sound scores, and embodied movement language, with a trauma-conscious creative process recognised as a model of best practice by Arts Council England. Productions are co-created with people who have direct lived experience of the themes explored, including Eden (2014, homelessness), Free to Stay (2016, statelessness), Food for Thought (2018, global food poverty), Inner Circle (2022, LGBTQ+ inclusion), Sounding Sane (2024, men's mental health), and A World Without Death (2025, life and death). The internal capability stack includes the Creating Together community programme, the Inner Sound health service, and the Training Services arm, which has trained over 100 artists and practitioners in the last three years.

The business model blends multiple revenue streams: charitable donations and a £10/month Friends of The Place membership, touring theatre ticket sales and venue bookings, professional training delivered to other arts organisations, and paid wellbeing services including one-to-one sound healing sessions starting from £50. The organisation is primarily grant-funded, with Arts Council England's 2016 Elevate award (approximately £120,000 over three years) as the largest disclosed funding event, supplemented by the Bradford 2025 Social Prescribing Award. No external equity investment, revenue figures, or institutional funding beyond stated grants is disclosed in the source data.

Name

DISPLACE YOURSELF THEATRE LP

Legal name

Displace Yourself Theatre LP

Website

https://displaceyourselftheatre.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Displace Yourself Theatre LP is a Bradford-based registered charity and touring theatre company that creates original physical theatre productions and runs community wellbeing programmes for displaced, refugee, and asylum-seeking communities across the UK, supplemented by training services and sound healing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Theatre & Community Performing Arts

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Touring Theatre Productions (MPAGABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fringe & Experimental Performing Arts (MPAGABAI)

Keywords

• Touring theatre productions
• Community wellbeing programmes
• Creative arts training
• Sound healing services
• Trauma-conscious theatre

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: Charitable donations from individuals, monthly Friends of The Place membership at £10/month, and one-time/donations. Registered charity since 2018.
2. Theatre Ticket Sales and Bookings: Revenue from touring theatre productions available for booking at venues across the UK.
3. Training Services: Training other artists and organisations in working creatively with marginalised and vulnerable communities. Bespoke training programmes for organisations.
4. Sound Healing Services: One-to-one sound healing sessions (prices start from £50), monthly group sessions, workshops, and wellness retreats. Also offers sound healing as therapeutic workshops for Men.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Displace Yourself Theatre is a Bradford-based touring theatre company that creates original physical theatre productions exploring intercultural connectivity and the experiences of displaced communities. Its work combines touring performances with the Creating Together community wellbeing programme for displaced people, Inner Sound sound healing services, and Training Services for artists and organisations working with marginalised communities.

Product overview

Displace Yourself Theatre is a Bradford-based touring theatre company operating as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core product is original physical theatre creating exciting, accessible productions that address intercultural connectivity and tell stories inspired by shared experiences of displaced and excluded communities. The theatre productions (Eden, Free to Stay, Food for Thought, Inner Circle, Sounding Sane, A World Without Death) form the primary offering, supported by the Creating Together Programme for community wellbeing, Inner Sound services for sound healing and therapeutic work, Training Services for professional development, The Place as their community facility, and Friends of The Place membership programme. All work uses physical theatre techniques combining fragments of images and text, original sound scores and embodied movement language.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Inner Sound: Sound healing and therapeutic services offered by Mike Auger, including one-to-one sessions, group sessions, workshops, and men's wellness programs
• Creating Together
• The Place

Products and services

• Theatre Productions Original devised physical theatre performances created with displaced and socially excluded communities, toured to UK arts venues, studios, and non-theatre spaces. Productions explore themes including homelessness, statelessness and migration, food poverty, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and men's mental health.
• Creating Together Programme Regular monthly creative sessions for displaced people bringing together vulnerable adults to support mental health, build confidence, learn new skills, and develop communities using theatre, voice, music and therapeutic movement techniques.
• Inner Sound with Mike Auger Sound healing sessions, Reiki treatments, and holistic healing services including one-to-one sessions, monthly group sessions, workshops, and Men's Chillout sessions for men to experience sound healing and conversations about life.
• Training Services Professional development training for artists and organisations in working creatively with marginalised and vulnerable communities, including trauma-conscious approaches, devising through lived experience, and conflict resolution using the arts.
• Friends of The Place Membership Monthly membership at £10/month supporting displaced individuals and the charity's operations, with benefits including discounts on wellness retreats, exclusive preview invitations, annual dinner at The Place, and name on Friends Wall.

Quantifiable outcome

• Refugees and asylum seekers are 5 times more likely to have mental health needs (UK Mental Health Foundation)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ARC Stockton Arts CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner venue for Creating Together sessions and co-delivery of theatre workshops. Hosted Refugee Week celebrations and ongoing community programmes. Artistic Director Annabel Turpin provided positive testimonial for DYT's work.
• RivelinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on DYT's website, appearing alongside other partner logos.
• KalasangamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner on DYT's website, appearing alongside other partner logos. Kalasangam is a Hindu arts centre in Bradford.
• Kneehigh Theatre CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounder and Artistic Director Mike Shepherd collaborated with DYT on the Inner Circle production (2022), providing artistic guidance and support.
• The AlbanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts organisation that DYT has trained and worked with.
• Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Jeremy James provided testimonial for DYT's training programmes. DYT delivered training to this organisation.
• North East Artist Development Network (NEADN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual engagement with NEADN for artist development and training.
• Bradford Producing HubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting the nurturing of artists in Bradford district.
• Whitestone ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue in Haworth where DYT will hold full-day retreats for Creating Together community members as part of Bradford 2025 Social Prescribing Award.
• European BeSpectActive ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration for Food for Thought production (2018) exploring 'active spectatorship' with communities in UK, Hungary & Italy.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Clean Break Theatre Company: Theatre company producing work on women's experiences of the criminal justice system, combining professional productions with training for marginalised women. Comparable as a UK theatre charity using trauma-conscious co-creation methodology.
• Slung Low: Yorkshire-based (Leeds) touring theatre company producing bold, socially engaged work in unconventional spaces. Comparable as a northern touring theatre company that combines community programmes with touring productions for diverse audiences.
• Tangled Feet: London-based physical theatre company creating bold devised work with community collaborators. Comparable as a physical-theatre-led touring company focused on social impact through movement and original sound.
• Mind the Gap: Bradford-based learning-disability theatre company producing professional touring work and participatory programmes. Highly comparable as a Bradford-rooted touring theatre that integrates inclusive community engagement with professional production.
• Gecko Theatre: UK physical theatre company internationally renowned for original devised productions blending movement, text and technology. Comparable as a high-craft experimental physical theatre company with a national/international touring profile.
• Kneehigh Theatre: Cornwall-based touring physical theatre company known for devised, music-driven productions. Directly comparable as a physical-theatre-led touring company whose founder (Mike Shepherd) has actively mentored DYT on productions like Inner Circle.
• Cardboard Citizens: London-based theatre company working specifically with people who have experience of homelessness. Closely comparable model using devised theatre with lived-experience participants, addressing social exclusion and touring productions.

Emerging players

• 154 Collective: UK-based emerging physical theatre collective producing original devised work. Comparable as a smaller-scale experimental physical-theatre touring company working in similar non-traditional venues.

Broad incumbents

• Leeds Playhouse: Major regional producing theatre in Leeds. Comparable as a northern producing theatre hosting DYT's Eden and other productions, though operating at significantly larger scale with a broader repertoire than DYT's specialist focus.

Regional players

• ARC Stockton Arts Centre: Stockton-on-Tees arts centre and DYT's long-term Creating Together partner. Comparable as a regional arts venue programming touring socially-engaged theatre and co-delivering community workshops, though primarily a venue rather than producing company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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