We Are Free To Change The World: READY?

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What does it take to prepare for change — artistically, emotionally, politically? 

This episode of OffScript was recorded live at the opening event in Dash Arts’ We Are Free To Change The World series.

Through performance and conversation, the event explored the conditions that help artists and creative activists find their ground to listen, to make, to resist, and to come together.

Hosted by Dash Arts’ Artistic Director Josephine Burton, the conversation features Bishi Bhattacharya, Lehni Lamide Davies, Carole Cadwalladr, and Sam Lee, reflecting on readiness rooted in care, courage, and collective imagination.

Find out more about their work here:

www.bishi.co.uk/ 

www.lehnilamide.com/contact 

broligarchy.substack.com/about 

samleesong.co.uk/ 

Get your tickets for the live events for We Are Free To Change The World by going to the Dash Arts website : www.dasharts.org.uk/we-are-free 

Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi 

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