We have a cast!
by Chantal Williams – Community Producer I have been gifted with casting for Rent Party, a show that does not shy away from being all […]
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Common Wealth profile in The Yorkshire Post
“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 […]
The Future of theatre is here
The future of theatre is here. It’s in our empty buildings, our streets, our parks and our houses. It’s about things that matter to us, […]
To survive, theatre must change – a ‘return to normal’ is not an option
What if every theatre and theatre company saw itself as a community theatre company? What if institutions handed over power to young people to tell their own stories and develop their creativity? What if youth workers were seen as being arts workers, and every community had an artist in its midst? Lyn Gardner writes a reflection on the Culture Plan B podcast featuring Common Wealth, Conrad Murray, Beatfreaks and Company Three.
Kate Tempest Article about Common Wealth in The Observer
Common Wealth is a female-led political theatre collective that aims to wrest the art form away from the elite. Poet and writer Kate Tempest joined […]
Culture Plan B
In the second episode of CulturePlanB, David Jubb talks to Rhiannon White and Evie Manning, Co-Artistic Directors of Common Wealth Theatre. They chat about the importance of making friends as part of the creative process, about the expertise they experience in all the communities they work with, about how youth workers should be appreciated as artists and about the need for transparency and democracy in arts programming and funding. And tons of other stuff….
Royal College of Psychiatrists Wales
Opening Up in Lockdown with Rhiannon White
Critically Speaking – Rhiannon White
How do we let people tell their own stories? Does the arts do enough to narrow the class divide, or have we forgotten about our […]
Culture Vulture – Radical Acts
Common Wealth co-founder Rhiannon White on Radical Acts
What if? Reimagining the Role of Cultural Institutions as Agencies of Change in Cities – Part 2
Bringing together cultural leaders, artists and producers who are testing out new ways of programming, collaborating and effecting change in their cities; featuring Evie Manning, […]
Imagine New Rules Podcast – Evie Manning
Arnolfini director Claire Doherty will be imagining an arts centre for the future, and for Bristol, with invited guests through a new fortnightly podcast series.
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