Patrick is an experienced Facilitator and Director who has amassed over 8 years of industry experience. Patrick is one of Compass' founding members and Co-Directors leading the Creative Direction of all theatre based programmes and projects. As Head of Facilitation for over 5 years Patrick brought his unique energy, creativity and passion to each project and embedded the trademark Compass joy to each project he oversaw. As well as this Patrick oversaw the creation and facilitating of the Compass Ambassadors programme, Next Steps and Centre Stage programmes throughout his time on the Core Team. Alongside his Compass work Patrick worked as a Freelance Director and Facilitator with the likes of National Youth Theatre, Old Vic and the Roundhouse amongst others. Now Patrick oversees the Roundhouses Education Programme as lead Practitioner.

Hasan Kattan is a producer with over a decade of experience in documentary filmmaking. Emerging from the Syrian revolution, his work is deeply rooted in themes of justice, human rights, and freedom. He served as the cinematographer for the Oscar-winning The White Helmets (2017) and was Assistant Director on the Emmy award-winning Last Men in Aleppo (2018).
Hasan has collaborated with major international media outlets, including BBC and CNN, contributing to powerful news stories and reports. Most recently, he produced Death Without Mercy (2024), a documentary by Waad Al-Kateab that examines the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

Eleanor is a trained actress (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and highly experienced facilitator, director, youth leader and participatory artist (trained Royal Central School of Speech and Drama). She was Associate Director of Battersea Arts Centre's resident young company for several years, leading them through projects including a 6 month collaboration with Contact in Manchester.
She is currently Youth Manager for youth engagement charity Hope in Tottenham and Associate Artist for Kestrel Theatre, working within the criminal justice system as director of a range of short-term and longer term projects with offenders and ex-offenders.
Eleanor has also led a range of youth projects internationally in India and China. She is passionate about social justice and big bowls of pasta.

Hardi Kurda is a sound artist, curator, and PhD in music from Goldsmiths, University of London. He crossed borders hidden inside a container with only a small radio — an experience that shaped his method of Urgent Listening, exploring forgotten, forbidden, and displaced sounds, He using radio frequencies to uncover illegal transmissions, lost languages, and untold memories, and calls his approach The Found Score.
He curates SPACE21 Sound Gallery in Slemani. His works has been shown across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the USA, supported by major arts bodies including Arts Council England, Swedish Art Grant Committee and the Goethe-Institut.
As Associate Artist, he collaborates with young refugees and displaced artists through sound, memory, and performance.

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