RHP’s Consultancy
If your organisation's work matters, and you're looking to build the commercial capacity to sustain more of it, Rafia has sat on both sides of that line: a decade producing and touring in the subsidised sector, then founding a commercial theatre company built on work the industry had written off as niche. She ran this exact diagnostic on her own company before she ever offered it to anyone else.
She doesn't sell generic diversification advice. She finds the value in your work that's been overlooked, or miscategorised as niche, and gives you a practical, low-risk route to test it, without asking you to abandon your values — because she's already proven it works.
The Producing Diagnostic is a free, 5-minute starting point. Take it, and you'll walk away with a personalised read on where that opportunity is already sitting inside your own work — before you've spent a penny on anything else.
Who We Work With.
RHP works with performing arts organisations that know something needs to change — a funding model that's stopped working, decisions that keep landing on the same few people, ambition that's outgrown the structure holding it up — but don't yet have a clear picture of what to fix first, or how.
If your organisation is already commercially confident and just needs execution support, we're probably not the right fit. RHP is built for the harder, earlier problem: figuring out what's actually wrong, and in what order to fix it.
Founder Rafia Hussain spent a decade inside the subsidised sector before making that same shift herself — into commercial producing. That's not theory. It's the thinking now built into RHP's model.
We bring clarity, structure, and long-arc producing intelligence to organisations at exactly this turning point — so decisions get easier, funders see you as ‘viable’ rather than ‘at risk,’ and the work stops depending entirely on the people holding it together right now.
Our three offers.
1. The Vibe Check [anyone can book]
A focused 90-minute conversation for leaders who need immediate clarity on a specific challenge, decision or direction. No preparation required — just bring the question that's keeping you up at night.
We’re always on hand for a Vibe Check.
2.The Reset [anyone can apply]
A full audit of the organisation and its assets, a clear-eyed breakdown of current income, and a practical strategy to reverse a deficit pattern by unlocking new revenue streams. Targeted support with clear outcomes — for when you know something needs to change but aren't sure what to prioritise first.
We work on a handful of Resets at any time.
3. The Glow Up [Reset alumni can apply]
Deep strategic work for organisations undertaking the kind of structural change that touches everything — programming, governance, income, identity. This goes beyond a single audit or project: leadership walks away with the commercial thinking to keep making decisions this way long after the engagement ends.
We work on one Glow Up at a time.
Client Outcomes.
These are the same three areas the Producing Diagnostic assesses — here’s what movement in each looks like:
Vision
Organisations stop trying to see their own potential from the inside — where it's hardest to spot — and start working from a clear-eyed view of what they actually have, and where it could take them.
Governance
Decisions stop resting on the few people who feel the income pressure, and start reflecting something the whole organisation understands — where the gap is, and how their own role helps close it.
Income
Income stops being something that happens to an organisation through funding cycles, and starts being something the organisation can shape — through programming, partnerships, and audiences it has deliberately built relationships with.
These shifts take time. They're not quick fixes — they're the structural changes that make everything else (planning, programming, growth) easier afterward.
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FEATURED in The Stage & Arts Professional.
NAMED one of Stage One’s ‘5 at 50’ producers.
WINNER of the Greater Manchester Young Businesswoman of the Year Award 2026.