About Us

Frances Rifkin - Creative Director

UtopiaArts founder and lead practitioner knows her stuff. Frances gained her experience working at the coal face of political theatre recording stories on the picket lines of the miners strike.

She has written papers and led academic classes examining participatory ethics within the arts, social and welfare sectors.

​The focus of Utopia Arts is taking forum theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed techniques into the community to health and wellbeing professionals and it's service users.

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​​Graham Lucas - Technical Director

Graham is a video & film director and producer.

​Co-founder of Spot On Productions Ltd which produced TV documentaries and corporate videos. Graham directed and produced, “There’s something About Me I Like!” a video musical about bullying. Theatre, video, lighting and sound technician.

A superb all rounder with script writer, theatre producer, stage director, event manager as strings to his bow and now Utopia's project coordinator.