Writer, Performance artist, Producer

Keisha Thompson FRSA is a Manchester-based writer, performance artist and producer. She is currently working for The Guardian as the Programme Manager for the Legacy of Enslavement Project. She is Co-Chair of the Independent Theatre Council, a trustee of Olympias Music Foundation and recipient of the DARE Art Prize 2024 from Opera North and the University of Leeds in association with National Science and Media Museum and The Tetley.

Formerly, she has been Artistic Director and CEO of Contact, Manchester, Chair of radical arts funding body, Future’s Venture Foundation and was the first recipient of The Arts Foundation Theatre Makers Award in 2021.