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19.11.2025
36 Minuten
In the second episode of our mini-series, "We Are Free to Change
the World," inspired by Hannah Arendt's call to action, Dash
Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton is joined by Labour MP
for Norwich South, Clive Lewis.
From his House of Commons office, Clive Lewis discusses the
struggle for freedom within contemporary politics. The
conversation explores his belief that the "only real freedom we
have is the freedom to... find out about the world around us,"
and his concerns about the "grim authoritarianism and a culture
of fear" stifling creativity and genuine engagement in the Labour
Party.
Join Josephine and Clive as they discuss the essential role
of imagination and art in shaping
political visions—from science fiction to the NHS, and the loss
of social democratic parties’ ability to “dream
big.” They also explore the difference
between optimism and pragmatic hope as
a driving force for political change, Clive’s experience as a
participant in Dash Arts’ speechmaking
workshops and the need
for collaboration and solidarity to
counter increasing polarisation and fear.
Get your tickets for the live events for We Are Free To
Change The World by going to the Dash Arts website :
https://www.dasharts.org.uk/we-are-free
Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
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05.11.2025
53 Minuten
Through a series of live and digital conversations - we’re
exploring how artists and activists challenge, inspire, and
motivate us to see the world differently.
Join Josephine Burton as she sits down with musician and artist
Ian Bruce and campaigner Clare Farrell to discuss creativity,
activism, and the courage to imagine radical change. In this
groundbreaking episode, hear how artists are transforming
protest, challenging systemic barriers, and creating spaces for
people to come together.
From Extinction Rebellion to grassroots movements, discover how
creative individuals are reimagining democracy, confronting
climate crisis, and building solidarity. Provocative, inspiring,
and deeply human, their conversation reveals how we can all play
a role in changing the world.
Recorded in the Bureau of Silly Ideas on the 7th anniversary of
Clare co-founding Extinction Rebellion.
Get your tickets for the live events for We Are Free To
Change The World by going to the Dash Arts website :
https://www.dasharts.org.uk/we-are-free
Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
This podcast is marked explicit for language only.
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15.10.2025
31 Minuten
In part 2 we’re looking at the impact of politics on the most
recent productions from Dash Arts. We explore our 2025 production
of The Reckoning, which brought real-life testimonies from
Ukraine to the stage, and the upcoming 2026 production of Our
Public House, inspired by speeches from people across
England.
Marina Pesenti, former Director of the Ukrainian Institute, looks
back at how more than a decade of artistic research, events and
productions deepened our understanding of the Ukrainian context
and enriched the work. Similarly, playwright Barney Norris
reflects on the challenges of continuing to navigate the shifting
political and social landscape in the UK and its influence on Our
Public House.
Go to the Dash Arts website for your tickets to We Are Free To
Change The World; a new series of three Dash Cafés exploring how
artists and creative activists respond to the urgency of our
times. Through performance, film and conversation, each event
will bring together creative voices to consider how we act and
how we do this together.
Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
And you can hear audio taken from Dash Arts’ production of The
Reckoning at Arcola Theatre in May-June 2025
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01.10.2025
31 Minuten
In this special two-part series, we're celebrating Dash Arts'
20th birthday by looking back at how politics has impacted our
work over the past two decades.
In episode one, join Josephine Burton as she explores how artists
and creative activists respond to the urgency of our times. Hear
from storyteller Sophie Austin on our production of One Thousand
and One Nights, which challenged preconceived notions of Arabic
culture, and from musician Sasha Ilyukevich who performed in our
Dash Arts Dachas, some of which were covertly visited by the
Russian Embassy.
Discovering how our mission to challenge the way we see the world
is woven into our DNA, and how life and global politics have
consistently broken down the walls into the theatre.
With music from Sasha Ilyukevich & The Highly Skilled
Migrants entitled KOLYA - КОЛЯ.
Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
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03.09.2025
50 Minuten
From working with rappers in Beiruti basements to gathering
musicians from all the conservatoires of ex-Soviet Republics in
the mountains of Georgia and wild late nights in a tent with the
Dash Arts Dacha, this episode celebrates the music and sounds
woven through the last 20 years of Dash Arts.
Josephine Burton acts as a guide across Dash Arts’ many musical
projects, sharing stories and music from Dash’s multi-year
seasons of artistic work. We hear about Dash’s journeys in the
Arabic world, former Soviet States, Europe and its current season
exploring Englishness, with Albion. This episode is an invitation
to listen in on two decades of music that continues to challenge,
delight, and change how we hear the world.
In the podcast, we hear from:
Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts
Marie Horner - Podcast Producer, Dash Arts
We also hear from and celebrate these incredible artists:
Sto Let - Iva Bittová and Vladimír Václavek
My Show - Lyrical Alliance (Rabah Donquishoot (Algeria),
Shadia Mansour (Palestine), Rayess Bek (Lebanon), Samm (Jordan),
Tamer Nafar (Palestine) And DJ MK (UK))
Shadia + Johnny Juice for Lyrical Alliance
Quata3et - Lyrical Alliance
Amy Kakoura at a Dash Cafe at Warwick Arts Centre - February
2020
Maspindzeli Choir at a Dash Cafe at Rich Mix, July 2014
Hilda Lansman & Tuomas Norvio - Vizardit
Zugzwang - Langham Research Centre
Olesya Zdorovetska at a Dash Cafe at Rich Mix, January 2017
Song About a Friend - Vladimir Vysotsky
Iryna Muha at a Dash Cafe at Rich Mix, April 2017
The Renegade Orchestra (Evelina Petrova, Slava Guyvronsky,
Matyakubov Shavkat, Misha Alperin, Reso Kiknadze, Zoltan Almashi,
Natasha Pshenitschnikova, Vladimir Volkov, Kryukova Marina,
Sergei Starostin and Petr Glavatskikh and composer Alexander
Manotskov, playwright Natalia Vorozhbyt and director Galina
Pyanova)
Sasha Ilyukevich and the Highly Skilled Migrants at the Dash
Arts Dacha at Latitude Festival July 2017
One Hundred Moons from Dido’s Bar - (recorded by Samira
Brahmia and Marouf Majidi with Hattie Naylor, Tuukka Leppänen,
Riku Kantola and Josephine Burton).
The cast and house band of Dido’s Bar (Gemma Barnett,
Priscille Grace, Tuukka Leppänen, Lola May, Lahcen Razzougui,
Georgina White, Marouf Majidi, Ben Sutcliffe and the Dido’s Bar
House Band)
Songs for Babyn Yar - Music composed and arranged by Yuriy
Gurzhy, Svetlana Kundish and Mariana Sadovska.
Ey, Güzel Qırım sung by the cast from Crimea 5am.
Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
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OffScript takes on big issues through an artistic lens. Hear
artists, filmmakers, musicians, theatre makers and more explore
the challenges facing society today, and follow the journey
towards Dash Arts own productions.
In each episode Dash Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton
hosts conversations delving into ideas that expand our own
understanding of the world and context of our productions, and
continue to shape the cultural landscape worldwide.
“A podcast which thinks about the world through art” — Miranda
Sawyer, The Observer
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