Scene & Heard - mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals to write and perform plays.

Scene & Heard is a unique mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals, providing each child who participates with quality one-on-one adult attention and an experience of personal success through the process of writing and performing plays.
Set up in 1999 by founder members Sophie Boyack and Kate Coleman, Scene & Heard is based on the American organisation The 52nd Street Project, which has been successfully working with economically disadvantaged children in New York for 30 years. Scene & Heard currently runs six playwriting and acting courses annually for children aged 9 to 15.

The Board Members are:

Max Hill QC (Chair)
Daryl Dunbar
Nick Gray
Michelle Nelson
Paul Perkins
George Ormond
Geoff Smout
Will Wharfe

The Patrons are:

Damian Lewis
Emily Watson
Samuel West

The Co-Founders are:

Sophie Boyack
Kate Coleman

The Staff are:

Rosalind Paul: Artistic Director
Simma Gershenson: Head of Development
Jasmine Rowe: Administrator

The Honorary Patrons are:

Hugh Bonneville
Anna Chancellor
Jennie Darnell
Bill Nighy
Michael Sheen
Cathy Tyson
Zoë Wanamaker
Richard Wilson