Maya Shimmin is a socially engaged theatre maker, director, and facilitator from Cumbria, who is passionate about using live performance to act as a catalyst for discussion and change. She specialises in developing new work and is interested in integrating inclusion and access creatively into process and production.

Maya is Artistic Director of Close To Home Productions.

Close to Home Productions are a female-led, North West theatre company who tell stories full of humour, heart and a hint of cheekiness. We work in collaboration with communities and artists to create theatre that informs and supports audiences, bringing subjects that are hard to talk about to people that need to hear them.

To find out more about previous and upcoming productions, please click here.