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Staging Protest

Journalist Natasha Tripney speaks to director Nancy Hirst and actor Vaneeka Dadhria about making The Ballad of St John’s Car Park.

Icon Theatre announces cast and creative team for The Ballad of St John’s Car Park

Created by a professional cast and creative team, with over 100 from local communities.

Icon Theatre announces second large-scale participatory production for 2022

The Ballad of St John's Car Park will celebrate the positive power of community activism.

News
Icon Theatre Wins Music and Drama Education Award for Theatre31

Drama & Theatre Magazine chooses Icon's youth-led programme for the Editor's Award.

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Ahead of the Curve

Journalist and author Lyn Gardner speaks to the company and creative team about making If Not Now.

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Icon Theatre Announces If Not Now

Icon Theatre will present If Not Now, a stunning large-scale movement-based production exploring the climate crisis.

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Part Of The Community

Will blogs about starting at Chatham Youth Theatre and the impact being involved in Icon's productions has had for him.

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Journey To Icon

Theo blogs about his work experience with Icon: "it's made me more excited and confident about pursuing a career"

"Icon has been ahead of the curve in understanding that the arts have a role to play in bringing people together, helping them be heard by telling their own stories in their own way, and in the process creating a sense of pride in place and space"
— Lyn Gardner, Theatre Journalist
★★★★ "It is easy to take for granted the acting skills of a top theatre company. But when actors embody characters as superbly as this, you can’t help but notice."
— The New Statesman
★★★★ “Quite unlike anything you’ve seen before… irresistible… The crowd was rapt throughout.”
— Telegraph
★★★★ "A sharp, impeccably performed and blazingly impassioned piece of theatre…simply terrific."
— The Times
"It has been lifechanging. Lady Unchained has helped get my life changed, I’ve started to look for opportunities on the outside, and see that there is life after prison."
— Young Artist, Cookham Wood Young People’s Theatre Programme

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