ABOUT FRAMESHIFT COLLECTIVE
FrameShift Collective works across schools, cultural organisations, and community groups, connecting theatre and wider arts practice, education, and cultural partnerships through practical, collaborative projects.
​We design and deliver professional development, creative learning programmes, and participatory projects shaped by context, place, and the people involved.​
Our work centres on a shared creative process, bringing people together to make, explore, and collaborate in ways that are relevant to real learning environments.
Our Mission
FrameShift supports learning, participation, and connection through creative practice, working with schools and cultural organisations to design collaborative projects that build confidence, communication, and engagement.
Our Vision
Creative learning and cultural participation should be accessible, collaborative, and shaped by diverse voices and lived experience.
OUR STORY
At the centre of FrameShift is a collective of educators and artists who collaborate to design and deliver projects that are clear, practical, and grounded in real school, community, and cultural contexts, centred on youth participation, inclusion, and creative learning.
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The work draws on experience across both educational and cultural settings, including teaching in Dutch international schools and other international school contexts, and on Anabel’s role as a school Cultural Coordinator, managing the CJP budget.
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Within the collective, experienced teachers and creative practitioners combine classroom experience with professional artistic practice, bringing a practical understanding of how schools and cultural organisations operate and what is needed to make partnerships work effectively. Workshops are led by qualified educators, ensuring that sessions are well-structured, purposeful, and aligned with how learning is organised in schools.
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FrameShift supports schools in getting more from cultural experiences and works with cultural organisations to shape programmes that connect clearly to learning and the curriculum. It also connects international school contexts with the Dutch cultural landscape, supporting partnerships that are accessible, inclusive, and built through shared practice.
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There is a strong emphasis on real-world, in-person connection, giving young people opportunities to engage directly with artists, cultural organisations, and creative processes beyond the classroom. Participation is central — not as an add-on, but as a way for young people to contribute, collaborate, and take an active role.
Across all projects, the focus is on creativity, participation, and working together in ways that are inclusive, ethical, and clearly structured.
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MEET THE TEAM
Our co-founders
Anabel Hull
Anabel Hull is a qualified teacher and arts educator with over 25 years of international experience across the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and Hong Kong. Trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, she has taught Drama and Theatre across GCSE, A Level, and IB PYP, MYP, and DP programmes and has held leadership roles including Cultural Coordinator, Subject Coordinator, and Head of Arts.
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Her work sits at the intersection of theatre practice, education, and cultural context, with particular expertise in curriculum design, inquiry-led learning, and inclusive arts education within international and multilingual settings.
She has led large-scale collaborative projects bringing together schools, artists, and cultural organisations, shaping programmes that combine creative rigour with clear educational purpose.
Within FrameShift, Anabel leads educational vision, programme design, and pedagogical development.
Roald Blijleven
Roald Blijleven is a theatre practitioner and educator with over 20 years of experience working across community, educational, and performance contexts in the Netherlands and internationally.
A professional actor and TEFL-qualified teacher, he has taught English, English through Drama, and Theatre from early years through secondary education.
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His practice is grounded in ensemble-based theatre-making and draws on music, physical theatre, object theatre, and puppetry. Roald specialises in participatory creative processes that support collaboration, accessibility, and shared ownership within diverse groups.
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Within FrameShift, Roald leads theatre-making practice, facilitation, and performance-led programme development.
Collective Members
Rîan Richards
Rîan Richards is an English Language and Literature teacher specialising in multilingual learning and inclusive classroom practice. With over a decade of experience in Dutch international schools, she brings expertise in language development, student voice, and diversity-informed curriculum design.
Within FrameShift, Rîan supports language-aware learning approaches and inclusive educational practice, contributing to programme development across school and participation contexts. She is also the founder of the ActUp Theatre Summer School.
Tara Brown
Tara Brown is a theatre educator and diversity facilitator working across arts, education, and community settings.
Through Diverse Educational Services, she delivers creative projects and professional learning focused on representation, youth voice, and inclusive storytelling.
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Within FrameShift, Tara contributes to professional development programmes, diversity-informed practice, and community partnership work.