When was the last time you saw 180 older people cutting loose on the dance floor?
For me, it was at my first Posh Club in June. Rachel Dawson, Common Wealth’s new Communications Associate, reflects on her first experience of The […]
For me, it was at my first Posh Club in June. Rachel Dawson, Common Wealth’s new Communications Associate, reflects on her first experience of The […]
Fast Fashion and Slow Activism: Alison Jeffer’s reflections on Common Wealth’s Fast Fast Slow at the 2023 British Textile Biennial, Blackburn. From October-November 2023, Common […]
At the start of 2024, Common Wealth began a new venture, employing a Performance Collective, a group of young, working-class creatives who are paid two […]
On Thursday 7th October 2023 academic Jenny Hughes, Common Wealth’s Rhiannon White & Ffion Wyn Morris (collaborator on We No Longer Talk) were invited to […]
Us Here Now exhibition was only ever temporary. The buzz had been so great local people got in touch with us & the surrounding businesses […]
Common Wealth are looking for EIGHT creative people aged 18-30 to join our new Performance Collective. The Performance Collective will collaborate with us to make […]
A Year at Common Space In 2021, there has been lots going on at Common Wealth Theatre, but one thing we would like to […]
Some news from us, Company Manager Tracy Basu is leaving Common Wealth for pastures new to take up the role as Executive Director at Eden […]
Today marks the start of our week of R&D for Rent Party, a production that will open in Cardiff East in September this year. After […]
I’m extremely excited to be joining the Common Wealth / National Theatre Wales team as Associate Director. All my work previous to this role has […]
“I don’t think there’s a theatre company in Yorkshire, possibly the country, making work quite like Common Wealth … Whenever you see a piece of […]
Common Wealth are recruiting two new Board members from Bradford between the ages of 18-30 to represent young people. These new Board members will be […]
Y celfyddydau yng Nghymru a thu hwnt: Symud y cydbwysedd a chyd-greu newid cymdeithasol Sut mae artistiaid yng Nghymru a thu hwnt yn galluogi newid […]
How are artists creating social change? What is co-creation? What does it mean? How do we do it? Can the arts operate from […]
I am over the moon to be joining Common Wealth. I’ve been a fan of the company ever since experiencing No Guts, No Heart, No Glory, […]
Can you introduce yourself? Who you are, where you live, what your passions are? Shwmae! Hello! I’m Rhian Gregory and live in St Mellons Cardiff. […]
There’s been so much written about the product, the economy, the money that theatre makes – that I wanted to write something about process. Common […]
Our brilliant thinker and Company Manager Tracy Basu has written some great words about the importance of creativity and alternative thinking: I was born […]
As part of Common Wealth’s EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST we are inviting Grime Artist Blakie & No Hats No Hoods to run a How to be […]
It’s OFFICIAL! Common Wealth is part of the MOVING ROOTS TOURING NETWORK. So What does it mean? It means we are looking for incredible artists […]
Join us for a FREE theatre workshop for women! We will spend two days together exploring who we are, where we come from and what […]
As we are now into technical rehearsals of ‘I Have Met The Enemy (And The Enemy Is Us)’ I feel I now have enough experience […]
Although when there I was marginally stressed and most definitely high on the exhausted level, I came back with a sense of calm I had […]
Monday ! Brunch! The This is Wales mixer was held at a lovely vegan cafe outside of the centre, a great opportunity to meet the artists […]
Days before I leave Leading up to the dates, I’m all things of nerves and excitement – I will surely leave something behind. My flight […]
In 10 days we did all this!! 5th March– Mental Health First Aid Training led by See Inside Me Campaigners and Zakia 8th March […]
In April 2019 Rhiannon went with a UK delegation to take part in the social transformation submit as part of the […]
Did you hear about The Wedding of the Year?! On Saturday 21st July 2018, a group of wonderful women united from different parts of West Yorkshire, at Bradford Town Hall to marry themselves.
Working class women are the stronghold of society – they create and weave together the fabric of every community. It is vital for women to […]
Very proud of this, showreel of work from 2013-2018, filmed and edited by Jack King with music by Wojciech Rusin. Featuring No Guts, No Heart, […]
Today was Uncommon Ground, a conference on socially engaged art hosted at the lowry, I was due to speak (see below!) and before our session […]
Common Wealth would like to make clear that we are not involved in ‘The Elephant in the room’ led by Ellie Harrison. Common Wealth does […]
Hi Friends, Common Wealth and Albany Park Theater Project are making a show about how we connect across borders and bring young people together, we’ve […]
Where we are in the world. Pilsen. A place rich with a cultural resistance, walls of art adorn the streets gathered through the years, created […]
Our first workshop at Albany Park Theatre project (APTP) is about who we are in the World. APTP is a theatre housed in an old […]
Downtown, Chicago We the people see the truth. It’s the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the wall of respect and we’re here to see an exhibition […]
No Guts, No Heart, No Glory will be on BBC4 on November 15th 2015! Now on iplayer until 8th December 2015 !! Watch here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06pyvlh/on-stage-live-from-television-centre […]
We made The Deal Versus the People because we wanted to challenge narratives. There are a lot of dominant narratives in our media – that […]
Bradford shaking The city of Bradford is built from millstone grit – a tough and durable sandstone – and throughout its history, a history shaped […]
I don’t want to read or hear about how much worse the UK is becoming. I don’t want to know about the financial tornado that’s […]
Working with people who’ve never performed before always throws up tricky questions around definitions, often these actors are called non-actors – even though they are […]
Every performance of ‘Our Glass House’ was followed by a post-show discussion. Here are some thoughts, messages and things we often talked about in them. […]
With so much talk of ‘who sees art’ lately, I wanted to write about Common Wealth’s mission statement, ‘to make theatre for people who don’t […]