Provocation for Theatre 2016 conference

I was invited to give this provocation at the #Theatre2016 conference at the Arts Theatre in London on Thursday 12th May at the beginning of the session chaired by David Edgar. I had three minutes so you can read this at a gallop! “How can theatre play a more prominent role in key issues of national and international debate?” In 2012 I was invited to … Continue reading Provocation for Theatre 2016 conference

Political Engagement and Audience Development

News: New is interesting is like being awake Our Artistic Director, Rebecca Manson Jones, has taken on a new challenge for 2016. As of Wednesday 3rd February, Rebecca is on the London-wide List for the Greater London Assembly representing the Women’s Equality Party.*  You can follow her journey on her blog. *other political parties and candidates are available. Read Rebecca’s blog post about the cross overs between political … Continue reading Political Engagement and Audience Development

Arts for Britain – call to Action

  Just Jones & Wells Way Pop Up is part of a national movement committed to putting and keeping arts and culture in the centre of public life in the UK. It’s not just about funding: for us it’s about making life fun, exciting, thrilling, surprising, challenging and beautiful for everyone; it’s about giving everyone somewhere to go, and the skills and crafts, to explore … Continue reading Arts for Britain – call to Action

Arts4Britain – Thunderclap

[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] Just Jones & is part of a national movement committed to putting and keeping arts and culture in the centre of pub lic life in the UK. It’s not just about funding: for us it’s about making life fun, exciting, thrilling, surprising, challenging and beautiful for everyone; it’s about giving everyone somewhere to go, and the skills and crafts, to explore the … Continue reading Arts4Britain – Thunderclap

Fun Palace @ Wells Way Pop Up 2015

[ezcol_1third]           [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] The Wells Way Pop Up Fun Palace 2015 In 1961, Theatre Director Joan Littlewood and architect Cedric Price conceived the Fun Palace as a ‘laboratory of fun’, ‘a university of the streets’. It was to be a temporary and movable home to the arts and sciences that would welcome children and adults alike. This wasn’t possible in … Continue reading Fun Palace @ Wells Way Pop Up 2015

It should be as normal as breathing, women centre stage

[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] “I was really interested in the Doctor, the woman being criticised, trying to make it all work and ultimately losing everything…. as a young woman it really struck a chord” Audience Member post –show discussion Albany. People always say I’m not talking about the women, which I always find strange. Why should I talk about the women any more than I should say there … Continue reading It should be as normal as breathing, women centre stage