Registration

Youth Theatre on migrant nurses and doctors in the UK

Film featuring the performance of Registration by the stage@leeds Young Company in Leeds on 8 July 2025. Registration tells the human stories behind the paperwork. It explores migration, stigma, and the complex issue of who is considered worthy of becoming a healthcare professional in the UK. Nearly one in five NHS staff members report a non-British nationality: what happens to nurses and doctors who migrate to the UK and the knowledge they carry? Registration is based on research conducted for the project 'Making it to the Registers: Documenting Migrant Carers’ Experiences of Registration and Fitness to Practise' The research team consists of principal investigator Marie-Andrée Jacob, co-investigators Priyasha Saksena and Nasreen Ali, research fellows Amrita Limbu and Britzer Paul Vincent, and research assistant Rukia Saleem

Registration was performed and created by the stage@leeds Young Company

Directed by Steve Ansell
Lighting by Matthew Dangerfield
Sound by Izzy Smith
Original music by Screaming Media Productions
Editing by Alex Robinson and Steve Ansell

The British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin acts as project partner.
The script was developed by Steve Ansell and the stage@leeds Young Company.
This performance was recorded live in the Alec Clegg Studio, stage@leeds,
University of Leeds on 8 July 2025

The project has been funded by
the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council.