Ardent Theatre Company
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Ardent Theatre Company is a registered charity with a mission to end class inequality in theatre ❤️ Support | Follow | Share #theatre #classequality #workingclass linktr.ee/ardenttheatre
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Amirah Abimbola Alabere as the Work Colleague. DRIFTING is a poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

18–22 Nov | Southwark Playhouse
Pay what you can (£2.50-£15.00)
More Info: tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Headshot: Jimmy Lee Portraits

Toby Batt as the Father. DRIFTING is a poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

18–22 Nov | Southwark Playhouse
Pay what you can (£2.50-£15.00)
More Info: tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Headshot: Jimmy Lee Portraits

Olivia Israel as the Arcade Assistant. DRIFTING is a poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

18–22 Nov | Southwark Playhouse
Pay what you can (£2.50-£15.00)
More Info: tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Headshot: Jimmy Lee Portraits
Trae Walsh as the Young Man. DRIFTING is a poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

18–22 Nov | Southwark Playhouse
Pay what you can (£2.50-£15.00)
More Info: tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Headshot: Jimmy Lee Portraits
We are very excited and honoured to announce that Johnny Harris will be joining some of the ARDENT8 actors as our special guest for the post-show Q&A following their performance of Drifting on Thursday 20th November @swkplay.bsky.social
Early booking advised! ➡️ tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Tickets are on sale for Drifting performed by the ARDENT8 ensemble. A poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

📅 18–22 Nov | 🕢 7:30pm | 🕒 Matinee Sat 3pm
@swkplay.bsky.social
🎟️ #PayWhatYouCan £2.50-£15

www.ardenttheatre.co.uk/drifting
Drifting — Ardent Theatre Company
By Andrew Muir
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We are proud to launch our 10-year Manifesto for Change, calling for an end to class inequality in the theatre industry.

www.ardenttheatre.co.uk/manifesto

#ManifestoForChange #WorkingClassCreatives #TheatreEquity #theatre #workingclass #classequality #classequity
10-year Manifesto for Change — Ardent Theatre Company
Ardent's 10-year strategy to end class inequality in theatre
www.ardenttheatre.co.uk
We are proud to launch our 10-year Manifesto for Change, calling for an end to class inequality in the theatre industry.

www.ardenttheatre.co.uk/manifesto

#ManifestoForChange #WorkingClassCreatives #TheatreEquity #theatre #workingclass #classequality #classequity
10-year Manifesto for Change — Ardent Theatre Company
Ardent's 10-year strategy to end class inequality in theatre
www.ardenttheatre.co.uk
Ardent’s Co-Creative Director Mark Sands was interviewed for an article for the Spring edition of Equity Magazine @equityuk.bsky.social to celebrate 50 years of @itc-arts.bsky.social The full article (starting page 26) is available online as a digital version of the Equity Magazine
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Equity's award-winning magazine is published twice a year. You can view our online version or listen to the audio version of the Equity magazine.
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Happy Tuesday! Check out this gorgeous Vanity Fair style photo of the ARDENT8 by the brilliant Jimmy Lee Portraits

#actors #vanityfair #photoshoot #jimmyleeportraits
Our BIG GIVE appeal to raise money for our ARDENT8 ensemble is now live! Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, our chair David Harris and the Big Give have pledged £10K to support us if we can match their contribution £ for £. 10 days to raise £10K! Wed 5 - Fri 14 March.

More info: tinyurl.com/biggive2025
ARDENT8 Project 2025 – Big Give
ARDENT8 is an 18-month programme of workshops, mentoring and performance opportunities to support 8 young actors from low income backgrounds …
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So lovely to welcome the #ardent8 back to London with the amazing Hazel Holder kicking off the next batch of workshops with a session on voice @sohotheatre.bsky.social

#actor #acting #voicework #voiceworkshop #actortraining
We kick off 2025 with our first guest blog from actress, writer and director Sheila Moylette who played Alma in our 2023 production of Tracy Ryan's play STRIKE!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

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Sheila Moylette — Ardent Theatre Company
Storytelling has connected people since… well, since there were people! The richest of cultures have been preserved and built upon by history and mythology; true, embellished, or fabricated stories. F...
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This month’s blog is from casting director Ben Cogan who shares his journey into the industry and tips for actors when auditioning.

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Ben Cogan — Ardent Theatre Company
Casting – for me – comes down to believability and character. Believability puts you into contention and character gets you cast. I want to believe that you are from that world, of that profession, in...
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This report has been a sobering read and combined with the Creative Access report released earlier this year, it shows how little has changed for working-class artists in decades. Time to take action and reverse this trend and end class inequality in theatre!

#classequity #classequality #theatre
🚨 1 in 3 BAFTA-nominated actors were educated privately, we have found.

Our research shows how people from the wealthiest backgrounds are overrepresented at top of creative professions, including TV and film.

More on elitism in the creative sector ⬇️

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Welcome to our growing family of followers! We're feeling the ❤️ here on @bsky.app Every month we give platform to industry professionals to share their innermost thoughts. Put the kettle on, sit back, take a break and dive in....

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A little bit about us as we build our following anew. We produce #theatre, provide training and remove barriers to ensure at least 50% of #actors employed in theatre are from #working-class backgrounds and that anyone who wants to access theatre as an audience member has that opportunity