⭐️ The Reckoning WORLD PREMIERE this May! ⭐️
A journalist meets a man in a ruined village outside Kyiv.
- Why don’t you start with when the war began for you?
Written by Anastasiia Kosodii and @josephine_dash, and directed by Burton, The Reckoning is a vivid and
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🎧 New OffScript episode out now: We Are Free To Change The World: Ready?
What does it take to prepare for change — artistically, emotionally, politically?
This episode of OffScript was recorded live at the opening event in our We Are Free To Change The World series.
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@bishi_official, Lehni Lamide Davies, @carolecadwalla, and Sam Lee, reflecting on readiness rooted in care, courage, and collective imagination.
🎧 Listen to Sam Lee's very little, old folk song here, and to the whole episode here: dasharts.org.uk/podcast-1/we…
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Happy New Year! We're excited to begin 2026 with our next Dash cafe on 22 January:
✨ We Are Free To Change The World: STEADY ✨
Our second event considers how we maintain clarity, care and collaboration in the face of complexity. With a mix of live work and discussion,
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📜 We Are Free To Change the World is a collaborative act between @artsadm and Toynbee Studios resident, Dash Arts, and part of the Fête of Britain.
The series also celebrates Dash Arts’ 20th birthday, and 18th year in the building.
✍️ That was the year that was - 2025.
A reflection from our Artistic Director @josephine_dash about the moments that lit up the year - ready for you to read on Substack.
And wishing you all a restful festful season. 💫
🎧 New OffScript episode out now: We Are Free To Change The World: Peter Kennard
👉 In this episode of our mini-series, "We Are Free to Change the World," inspired by Hannah Arendt’s belief in our freedom to begin anew, Josephine is joined by legendary artist @peterkennardx.
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They discuss the challenges of making radical work in increasingly authoritarian and fearful times, and why visual art still has the power to mobilise, unsettle, and inspire.
🎧 Listen to the whole episode on dasharts.org.uk/podcast-1/we…
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We did it! 💫
Thanks to your amazing generosity, we smashed our target of £20,000!
Your support will help us bring our next production, Our Public House, to theatres across the country in spring 2026.
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The @BigGive Christmas Challenge ends in just a few hours ⌛
We're so close to hitting our target of £20,000 towards creating our new production, Our Public House, and touring it across England in spring 2026 - to Leeds, Prescot, Coventry, Cornwall, Sheffield and London.
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"We tell the stories of each other's lives. We learn from each other. We dig into the issues that are really concerning people. We are giving people a way of articulating their human experience." - Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC.
Help us reach £20,000 💝
donate.biggive.org/campaign/…
We're raising money to fund Our Public House, a bold, heart-stirring new play about what happens when people who feel silenced find their voice. It’s a love letter to the pub as a space of democracy, solidarity, and connection.
Can you join our @BigGive Christmas Challenge? 💝