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8 October 2024
EdFringe hit DISTANT MEMORIES OF THE NEAR FUTURE comes to the Arcola for three week run
Acclaimed theatremaker David Head’s Edinburgh Fringe hit Distant Memories of the Near Future makes its London premiere at the Arcola Theatre this November for a three week run from 12 - 30 November.
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6 November 2024 – 16 November 2024
London world premiere for Nine Sixteenths, focusing on black female role models
Nine Sixteenths is a fast, fun multimedia look at the media rise, fall and rise again of Janet Jackson. Inspired by Janet Jackson, created by Paula Varjack.
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21 September 2023
Is Political Correctness Culture Regulating The Arts?
In this article, I will discuss the concept of political correctness, and its influence in the Arts. Here, I ask the question: is political correctness culture regulating the arts?
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25 March 2022
Wales introduces ban on hitting children
Smacking or slapping children has been outlawed in Wales, but what does that mean for the laws in England?
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14 March 2022
A brief timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian relationship
With News being so heavily dominated by the Russo-Ukrainian war for the past two weeks, it's been difficult to navigate the complicated relationship between the two countries. Here is possibly the briefest timeline of events that led up to this war.
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18 January 2022
Fuel rises set to push disabled people into poverty
With rising fuel costs in the UK, we look at how this is disproportionately affecting the disabled community.
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13 January 2022
CDC director Rochelle Walensky sparks viral hashtag after Omicron death comments
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy goes viral as the CDC director’s comments appear to suggest only disabled people dying due to Omicron is ‘encouraging’.
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7 July 2021
New political debating app, Polemix Review
No more leaving politics at the door. Instead, political debating done right.
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22 June 2021
Brighton Fringe Review: Get Rich Or Die (Work In Progress)
Tom Mayhew is a stand up comedian and writer who talks about the working class and a bit of political stuff. He also has a series on BBC radio 4.
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16 June 2021
Navigating social media in an era of filtered information
In a world where people are overloaded with information on social media and the internet, how much of the content we consume is one-sided? Why is it important we try to access a range of different perspectives now more than ever?
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15 June 2021
Interview with G7 Digital & Tech Track Youth Forum Member, Blessing Maregere
“World leaders and business leaders are waiting for you to speak up and be involved. If we want to shape our future, we need to start now and build a future we want.”
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20 March 2021
How to Stop the Breakup of the UK
Federalism: a simple plan to keep the four nations together.
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23 October 2020
Who's afraid of the big bad beav'?
Why is Britain so afraid of freeing the beaver? If we are to survive the coming threats to our climate, we need to overcome our fears of the original habitat engineers.
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8 July 2020
Do Arts Subjects in Schools Matter?
For a long time we have been fed the narrative that arts subjects don't belong in schools. So I decided to dig a little bit deeper. Why do people feel this way about these subjects? And is there any substantial evidence to support their views?
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25 May 2020
Barriers to Participation Within the Arts
So many people don't participate within the arts or find it hard to do so. I want to find out what the barriers to participation within the arts are, how this has come to be and what is being done to help tackle this issue.
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9 May 2019 – 25 May 2019
Drawing the Line
The riotous follow up to Standard:Elite ( *****VoiceMag, Best Newcomer).
Play your way to a better world in this interactive, political theatre adventure from a multi-award winning young team.
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31 March 2019
Drip Drip.... Drip?
A darkly comic and politically important performance takes me on a slightly confusing journey to the centre of the NHS
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26 February 2019
Plastic Fantastic?
If you're not familiar with the myth of Medusa, you may find this a little confusing. That said, if you are, you definitely will...