Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for "her grace and intelligence in writing." She is the author of Gilead, winner of the...
Michael Mears presents The Mistake
Following a three-week run off-Broadway in New York… and prior to performances in Japan… ESSENTIAL THEATRE presents THE MISTAKE by Michael Mears When the decision is made to use the atomic bomb...
No Fit State presents BAMBOO
BAMBOO is a spectacular new high-impact, high-skill outdoor circus production using only bamboo and human bodies - revealing the fragility and beauty of our interconnected and interdependent life on...
Patrick Grant
Patrick Grant has a lot to say about clothes; how many we buy, how we value them, what they're made from, and importantly who made them and where. His campaigning clothes brand Community Clothing...
Martyn Joseph
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a guitar he creates a performance with a huge...
Pif-Paf – Right To Play
Right To Play was developed over 2024 with communities in Rotherham with FLUX Rotherham and Staffordshire Moorland with OUTSIDE. It is inspired by and champions the principles of the Adventure...
Mike Berners Lee
MIKE BERNERS-LEE thinks, writes, researches and consults on sustainability and responses to the challenges of the twenty-first century. He is a professor at Lancaster University where he develops...
Motionhouse presents Henge
With its fun and engaging storyline and thrilling mix of circus and dance, HENGE is a fantastic show for the whole family. Tracing the steps of our ancestors on an epic journey of discovery, HENGE...
Maddie Morris
Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, they take traditional song in new directions to shine a light on contemporary...
Liz Carr
Liz is best known for her role as formidable forensic examiner, Clarissa Mullery, in Silent Witness (BBC One). Other TV credits include Good Omens (Amazon), LOKI (Marvel), DEVS (FX), The OA...
Old Time Sailors
Heave ho and up she rises! Cast aside your compass, throw your maps overboard and join the mutinous crew of The Old Time Sailors as they set sail for the wild uninhabited islands of Irish Punk,...
Lost Voice Guy
Lee Ridley known as Lost Voice Guy is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid. He made his first stand-up appearance in February 2012 and took his first ever solo show to the Edinburgh...
Nadine Shah
Shah is a Mercury Prize nominated songwriter and musician who released her fifth critically acclaimed album, Filthy Underneath in 2024. This album campaign also provided for Nadine's first tv...
Luka Lesson
Luka Lesson is a poet, rapper and educator of Greek heritage born in Brisbane, Australia. His work crosses between the history of his family homeland, the fiercely political and the vulnerably...
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a longtime Greenbelter. He presents Poetry Unbound from On Being, and is the author of many books, including the forthcoming Kitchen Hymns and 44 Poems On Being With Each...