Notnow Collective was originally founded in 2015 by two Croatian artists, then based in Birmingham, UK: Tina Hofman (theatre-maker, performer, director) and Kristina Gavran (writer, dramaturge), out of necessity to make caring roles visible and explore ways of integrating parenthood into both professional practice and theatre/arts experience.
Since then, Kristina moved on to do a PhD in Storytelling, and Tina continued leading Notnow with the support from a brilliant team including Corinne Salisbury, Tilly Branson, Claire Bowdler and Hannah Stone.
Notnow‘s work is always inspired by the current environment: sometimes by personal experiences, and sometimes by the stories we hear around us.
- Photo: Fernando
- Photo: Fernando
Notnow Collective strive to radically include parents in the way we work, and then way we experience arts: we often welcome children or babies to the working process, balancing both chaos and order their presence can bring. Also, we offer BYOB (bring-your-own-baby) performances to our audiences, making theatre accessible to parents and carers of small children.