Songs of Hope and Protest is The Common Lot’s latest show –  a collaboration with the UEA’s Our Subversive Voice project looking at the long history of the English Protest Song from the age of revolutionary Thomas Paine to the trials and tribulations of the present day.

The show features a community cast of 50 local actors and singers and, with The Common Lot’s robust and direct style, promises to be as entertaining as ever. 

The show is free, suitable for all ages  and runs from 8th – 12th June in outdoor venues around the city. Bring your own picnic – and a placard if you feel so inclined. 

Director Simon Floyd said ” We just wanted to do something again and this seemed the ideal thing – it’s not as if people are exactly happy with the way things are going, and we wanted to express some of the anger and frustration a lot of us are feeling, as well as hopefully making a show that is informative as well as entertaining“

The show draws on songs from the Our Subversive Vice archive of over 250 English protest songs – all accessible on oursubversivevoice.com – check it out!

DATES

Friday 8th June, 7.30pm, Peterson Park, Mile Cross

Thursday 9th June, 7.30pm, Waterloo Park

Friday 10th June, 7.30pm, Anglia Square

Saturday 11th June, 3pm and 7.30pm, Chapelfield Gardens

Sunday 12th June, 3pm, Cow Tower