Heads Bodies Legs are a theatre and arts collective whose work spans new writing, site-specific performance and long-term heritage-focused projects.  Our practice thrives in live encounters, where shared making and storytelling create unexpected connections and allow artists, audience and participants to shape the work with us.

COLLECTIVE

Heads Bodies Legs is a team of artists, a diverse mix of talents encompassing art and performance, writing, stand-up comedy, textiles, ceramics and film.  

Explore our roster of artists to learn more about their work.

ETHOS

We are a collaboration-led collective, constantly learning, how we can best support each other to live and make together.We champion visions of success outside of institutional norms, that challenge ideas about the lone artistic genius. We seek out the most meaningful materials, methods and artists for each community and project, tailoring our approach to the people we’re working with. We are dedicated to providing creative opportunities to those without the economic privilege of family wealth or private education. Our projects foster cross-community collaborations, building connections and sustained conversations that endure beyond the time frame of our projects.

We seek to be responsive to the urgencies of the present moment, our work persists amid the rollback of women’s rights, intensified transphobia and the genocides that mark this moment in history.

ACCESS

We centre the access requirements of our collaborators and aim to represent those who have faced barriers in their work and participation in the arts. We actively showcase work from underrepresented communities and invite everyone we work with to consider accessibility of their work and creative process.

We embrace the idea of disability gain, the way creative practice can expand through disabled-led approaches to access. For us, accessibility is not a constraint but a site of possibility, innovation and shared learning, which strengthens our relationships and the work itself.

We are members of Artists Union England, and share their ethos of providing fair pay for artists and opposing artistic censorship.