StrongBack Productions draws on the Caribbean tradition of forging one culture from many histories. We tell the untold stories of diverse and underserved communities.

The company is led by Artistic Directors Patricia Cumper MBE FRSA and Dominique Le Gendre FRSA. Between them they have over fifty years’ experience of creating and producing work in the performing arts. Patricia Cumper MBE FRSA is a playwright and artistic producer who has written for theatre and radio for more than twenty years. She was the former Artistic Director and CEO of Talawa, the UK’s largest Black British Theatre Company. She has also won awards for her writing for radio. Her passion is bringing diverse stories and artists from the margins to the mainstream. She was recently awarded an MBE for her services to Black British theatre.

Dominique Le Gendre FRSA is a composer, curator and producer. She has composed music extensively over the past 28 years for theatre, film, dance, radio-drama, television and art installations. Over the past 10 years she has composed mainly chamber music and operas and was invited to become an Associate Artist of the Royal opera House in 2004. Her first major chamber opera Bird Of Night, directed by Irina Brown and commissioned by The Royal Opera House was premiered at The Linbury Theatre in 2006. Her passion is discovering the rich treasure chests of stories that lie within people and places and giving voice to these stories.

Pauline Walker is a writer and freelance theatre and events producer. In the last thirteen years Pauline’s career has spanned the BBC, StrongBack Productions, The London Hub, Spare Tyre, Talawa Theatre Company, Rich Mix and other arts organisations. She produces a variety of events in the arts sector working with performing artists, artistic directors, theatres and venues to deliver bespoke events to the public and the industry.