REPRESENTATION
We want to create a working culture at the Gate that is anti-racist, collaborative, inclusive, respectful, kind, open and supportive.
We recognise that upholding this culture involves work and education that is ongoing and involves everyone in our organisation. We invest in mentoring and training to ensure that we are constantly doing this work.
We know from experience that truly diverse teams, across all levels of our organisation, make for better conversation, clearer insights and meaningful work.
INVENTION
Our work fundamentally explores what theatre is and what else it could be. The relationship between a story, its form, and the audience, is reimagined for every production.
We continually question and evaluate the structures of how we create productions in order to ensure we work in a way that is caring, inclusive, sustainable, and anti-racist.
We are not afraid to take artistic risks or try new things.
INTERNATIONALISM
We are proud of our history of collaborating with artists and companies from outside our borders.
Today, we recognise that our local area is one of the most diverse areas in London with a rich history of immigration from all over the world. Notting Hill is the home of the Windrush generation. The most spoken languages are Arabic and French.
We believe that international collaboration and artistic encounters between cultures and across borders is a radical, important act.
COMMUNITY
Our theatre is a space for our local community to share stories and experiences that are representative and relevant to them.
This extends to our work with our partners, including Harrow Club and Migrants Organise. Our work happens outside our theatre too, both outdoors, and in local community spaces.
SUSTAINABILITY
We actively recognise that climate justice is our responsibility. The climate crisis is also a crisis of the imagination, and we commit to responding to this challenge both practically and creatively.
We actively encourage our audiences and artists to join us in this commitment.
EXCELLENCE
The Gate has a long tradition and reputation for being a small-scale theatre that produces work of exceptional quality. It has nurtured many leading artists at the very beginning of their careers. Katie Mitchell, Paterson Joseph, Sarah Kane, Sophie Okonedo, and more recently Lynette Linton and Justin Audibert, began their careers here.
We recognise that excellence is totally dependent on creating a safe, nurturing environment, that is empowering and supportive for everyone who works at the Gate.
