The Reckoning: Artists Rise Up

What is the role of the artist when faced with social and
political unrest? 


This month as protests take place across the world, we’ve been
thinking of the long history between art and protest. Every day
this month Georgians, Turks, Americans and Serbians are on the
streets speaking out against the country’s ruling governments.


At Dash Arts we make art that challenges the world we all live in
and this month we open our new theatre production, The Reckoning;
based on witness testimonies from the Russian war in Ukraine.
 


Join Dash’s Artistic Director, Josephine Burton, as she revisits
our 2024 interview with critically acclaimed journalist
Peter Pomerantsev and catch up with Georgian
Artist and Activist Ana Riaboshenko on what it’s
been like since the Georgian Dream party, widely seen as
pro-Russian, maintained its majority in last year’s elections.
Professor Alan Finlayson also shares his
insights from his new book - Our Subversive Voice: The History
and Politics of English Protest Songs, 1600–2020.


Book your tickets for The Reckoning on the Arcola Theatre’s
website.


In the podcast, we hear from:


Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts 


Peter Pomerantsev - Journalist and Author


Ana Riaboshenko - Artist & one of the Initiators of Culture
for Democracy


Professor Alan Finlayson - Professor of Political and Social
Theory at the University of East Anglia


Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi 


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