ZU-UK

ZU-UK is a disabled-led, global majority-led, female-led award-winning independent theatre and digital arts company based in Liverpool and East London. Driven by an artistic partnership between Persis Jadé Maravala and Jorge Lopes Ramos, ZU-UK creates interactive experiences using performance, games, and technology. They can happen anywhere including on your phone, in your house, on a stage, in a shopping mall or a field. ZU-UK believes in the transformative power of collaborative human experience. We set out to purposefully give people tailor-made experiences that bring strangers together in playful, unexpected ways to create alternative realities. Recent achievements include: The Stage Innovation Award 2024, Offies IDEA Award 2024, Inclusive Innovation Award 2023, UNLIMITED International Partner Awards 2023, Lumen Prize Interactive Award Winner 2022, IndieCade Live Action Award Finalist 2022, Winner of ABTT's inaugural Stephen Joseph Award 2021, East London Innovators (HereEast, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park), Winner of Rio de Janeiro Award for socially-engaged innovation in the creative industries, Winner of Prix Ars Electronica (Honorary Mention for Hybrid Art), Winner of Herald Angel Award, and finalist/nominee for innovation by Total Theatre Awards, Oxford Samuel Beckett Trust, The Space Award and Digital Culture Awards. The 2021 ABTT's inaugural Stephen Joseph Award was awarded to ZU-UK's Artistic Director for: "ground-breaking work that widens the scope and imaginative possibilities of live & multi-media performance, experiments with audience engagement, and exploration of topics of direct relevance to diverse audiences in contemporary Britain"