Cardboard Citizens
@cardboardcitz.bsky.social
Life-changing performing arts for people with and without experience of homelessness since 1991.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now open! For one week only, every donation will be matched.
This festive season, your donation helps safeguard the spaces and stages where change happens.
Give in the present. Change the future.
Donate today bit.ly/43ZSr3h
@biggive.bsky.social
This festive season, your donation helps safeguard the spaces and stages where change happens.
Give in the present. Change the future.
Donate today bit.ly/43ZSr3h
@biggive.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now open! For one week only, every donation will be matched.
This festive season, your donation helps safeguard the spaces and stages where change happens.
Give in the present. Change the future.
Donate today bit.ly/43ZSr3h
@biggive.bsky.social
This festive season, your donation helps safeguard the spaces and stages where change happens.
Give in the present. Change the future.
Donate today bit.ly/43ZSr3h
@biggive.bsky.social
Join us next Thursday as our Citz Theatre Makers present a special work-in-progress sharing of Nick Payne’s Constellations at Hoxton Hall.
Tickets are £2, or free for anyone with lived experience of homelessness or financial precarity. Book now: bit.ly/3KsQ0zB
Tickets are £2, or free for anyone with lived experience of homelessness or financial precarity. Book now: bit.ly/3KsQ0zB
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us next Thursday as our Citz Theatre Makers present a special work-in-progress sharing of Nick Payne’s Constellations at Hoxton Hall.
Tickets are £2, or free for anyone with lived experience of homelessness or financial precarity. Book now: bit.ly/3KsQ0zB
Tickets are £2, or free for anyone with lived experience of homelessness or financial precarity. Book now: bit.ly/3KsQ0zB
Tomorrow! Calling all current Citz Members aged 16-30.
Come and join movement director, choreographer and director Rachael Nanyonjo, as we explore storytelling through movement.
📍Citz HQ
Book now: bit.ly/4puAmCy
Come and join movement director, choreographer and director Rachael Nanyonjo, as we explore storytelling through movement.
📍Citz HQ
Book now: bit.ly/4puAmCy
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Tomorrow! Calling all current Citz Members aged 16-30.
Come and join movement director, choreographer and director Rachael Nanyonjo, as we explore storytelling through movement.
📍Citz HQ
Book now: bit.ly/4puAmCy
Come and join movement director, choreographer and director Rachael Nanyonjo, as we explore storytelling through movement.
📍Citz HQ
Book now: bit.ly/4puAmCy
Last month, to mark #BlackHistoryMonth, we spoke with facilitator Chantelle Dusette, who recently led a workshop with our Members titled "Reclaiming Narratives". In our latest blog, she reflects on the importance of finding power in your voice.
Read more: bit.ly/4oWjQeC
Read more: bit.ly/4oWjQeC
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Last month, to mark #BlackHistoryMonth, we spoke with facilitator Chantelle Dusette, who recently led a workshop with our Members titled "Reclaiming Narratives". In our latest blog, she reflects on the importance of finding power in your voice.
Read more: bit.ly/4oWjQeC
Read more: bit.ly/4oWjQeC
Just a few days to go until our launch event celebrating More Than One Story: The Anthology! Join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling and be among the first to experience these powerful monologues performed live.
Book now: trafalgartheatre.com/shows/more-t...
Book now: trafalgartheatre.com/shows/more-t...
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just a few days to go until our launch event celebrating More Than One Story: The Anthology! Join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling and be among the first to experience these powerful monologues performed live.
Book now: trafalgartheatre.com/shows/more-t...
Book now: trafalgartheatre.com/shows/more-t...
On November 20th, join Groundswell for exciting performances from special guests, Groundswell volunteers and staff, and a whole room of amazing people to celebrate the work they do!
Grab your tickets for this London event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/support-so...
Grab your tickets for this London event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/support-so...
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On November 20th, join Groundswell for exciting performances from special guests, Groundswell volunteers and staff, and a whole room of amazing people to celebrate the work they do!
Grab your tickets for this London event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/support-so...
Grab your tickets for this London event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/support-so...
Tomorrow! Join us for Reclaiming Narratives — a space to celebrate Black stories and co-create new ones. Writers will pitch their ideas, collaborate in a writers’ room, and leave with a story arc of their own.
Book now: bit.ly/4o37BNa
Book now: bit.ly/4o37BNa
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for Reclaiming Narratives — a space to celebrate Black stories and co-create new ones. Writers will pitch their ideas, collaborate in a writers’ room, and leave with a story arc of their own.
Book now: bit.ly/4o37BNa
Book now: bit.ly/4o37BNa
Just 48 hours left to apply!
We’re currently recruiting for the role of Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover, from January 2026).
We are looking for someone with vision, empathy, and the skills to strengthen and expand our vital work.
Find out more and apply by 22nd October: bit.ly/4nHzpWZ
We’re currently recruiting for the role of Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover, from January 2026).
We are looking for someone with vision, empathy, and the skills to strengthen and expand our vital work.
Find out more and apply by 22nd October: bit.ly/4nHzpWZ
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just 48 hours left to apply!
We’re currently recruiting for the role of Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover, from January 2026).
We are looking for someone with vision, empathy, and the skills to strengthen and expand our vital work.
Find out more and apply by 22nd October: bit.ly/4nHzpWZ
We’re currently recruiting for the role of Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover, from January 2026).
We are looking for someone with vision, empathy, and the skills to strengthen and expand our vital work.
Find out more and apply by 22nd October: bit.ly/4nHzpWZ
Today is World Homeless Day.
Behind every statistic is a story waiting to be heard.
Next month, those stories take centre stage at More Than One Story Live.
📅 9 Nov | 📍 Trafalgar Theatre
🎟 Book now: bit.ly/42VOeNF
Behind every statistic is a story waiting to be heard.
Next month, those stories take centre stage at More Than One Story Live.
📅 9 Nov | 📍 Trafalgar Theatre
🎟 Book now: bit.ly/42VOeNF
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today is World Homeless Day.
Behind every statistic is a story waiting to be heard.
Next month, those stories take centre stage at More Than One Story Live.
📅 9 Nov | 📍 Trafalgar Theatre
🎟 Book now: bit.ly/42VOeNF
Behind every statistic is a story waiting to be heard.
Next month, those stories take centre stage at More Than One Story Live.
📅 9 Nov | 📍 Trafalgar Theatre
🎟 Book now: bit.ly/42VOeNF
Join our team! 🙌 We’re recruiting a Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover) to shape workshops, strategy & partnerships. Starts Jan 2026.
Find out more: bit.ly/4o9ckfS
Find out more: bit.ly/4o9ckfS
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Join our team! 🙌 We’re recruiting a Head of Engagement (Maternity Cover) to shape workshops, strategy & partnerships. Starts Jan 2026.
Find out more: bit.ly/4o9ckfS
Find out more: bit.ly/4o9ckfS
We’re excited to share the launch of More Than One Story - our first-ever published anthology, a groundbreaking collection of new writing by thirty-seven emerging and established writers from across the UK with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, and inequity.
September 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We’re excited to share the launch of More Than One Story - our first-ever published anthology, a groundbreaking collection of new writing by thirty-seven emerging and established writers from across the UK with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, and inequity.
Are you a girl based in Hackney between the ages 13 – 18 and keen to unlock your creativity?
In collaboration with Young Hackney, we are running a free weekly theatre and performance workshop, designed to inspire, embolden and nurture your inner artist.
Apply now: bit.ly/41DEwyM
In collaboration with Young Hackney, we are running a free weekly theatre and performance workshop, designed to inspire, embolden and nurture your inner artist.
Apply now: bit.ly/41DEwyM
September 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Are you a girl based in Hackney between the ages 13 – 18 and keen to unlock your creativity?
In collaboration with Young Hackney, we are running a free weekly theatre and performance workshop, designed to inspire, embolden and nurture your inner artist.
Apply now: bit.ly/41DEwyM
In collaboration with Young Hackney, we are running a free weekly theatre and performance workshop, designed to inspire, embolden and nurture your inner artist.
Apply now: bit.ly/41DEwyM
We’re looking for Trustees who share our belief in the power of theatre to create change and who can help shape the next chapter of our journey, as we grow our public profile and deepen the impact of the stories we tell.
Apply by 26th September.
Find out more: bit.ly/3UBSwFk
Apply by 26th September.
Find out more: bit.ly/3UBSwFk
August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We’re looking for Trustees who share our belief in the power of theatre to create change and who can help shape the next chapter of our journey, as we grow our public profile and deepen the impact of the stories we tell.
Apply by 26th September.
Find out more: bit.ly/3UBSwFk
Apply by 26th September.
Find out more: bit.ly/3UBSwFk
This week, our Members stepped into the world of Shakespeare in a special one-off workshop led by Sean Holmes, Associate Artistic Director of The Globe.
It was a joyful, energising session. Huge thanks to Sean for making the workshop such a vibrant, creative space.
It was a joyful, energising session. Huge thanks to Sean for making the workshop such a vibrant, creative space.
August 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This week, our Members stepped into the world of Shakespeare in a special one-off workshop led by Sean Holmes, Associate Artistic Director of The Globe.
It was a joyful, energising session. Huge thanks to Sean for making the workshop such a vibrant, creative space.
It was a joyful, energising session. Huge thanks to Sean for making the workshop such a vibrant, creative space.
Just one week to go until The Cardboard Collective Experience!
Join us next Wednesday for an unmissable night, where beats, lyrics and bold stories are told – all crafted by the next wave of talent!
🕛 7pm - 9pm
📍 Hoxton Hall
Tickets selling fast!
bit.ly/3SIxROY
Join us next Wednesday for an unmissable night, where beats, lyrics and bold stories are told – all crafted by the next wave of talent!
🕛 7pm - 9pm
📍 Hoxton Hall
Tickets selling fast!
bit.ly/3SIxROY
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Just one week to go until The Cardboard Collective Experience!
Join us next Wednesday for an unmissable night, where beats, lyrics and bold stories are told – all crafted by the next wave of talent!
🕛 7pm - 9pm
📍 Hoxton Hall
Tickets selling fast!
bit.ly/3SIxROY
Join us next Wednesday for an unmissable night, where beats, lyrics and bold stories are told – all crafted by the next wave of talent!
🕛 7pm - 9pm
📍 Hoxton Hall
Tickets selling fast!
bit.ly/3SIxROY
This Sunday! Grace Church Hackney are hosting a fundraising Clothes Swap & Cake Bake in support of Cardboard Citizens 💜
📍 St Anne’s Church Hall, N1 5LF
🕡 6.30pm, 6 July
A huge thank you to Jen and the youth team at Grace Church Hackney for organising this!
📍 St Anne’s Church Hall, N1 5LF
🕡 6.30pm, 6 July
A huge thank you to Jen and the youth team at Grace Church Hackney for organising this!
July 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This Sunday! Grace Church Hackney are hosting a fundraising Clothes Swap & Cake Bake in support of Cardboard Citizens 💜
📍 St Anne’s Church Hall, N1 5LF
🕡 6.30pm, 6 July
A huge thank you to Jen and the youth team at Grace Church Hackney for organising this!
📍 St Anne’s Church Hall, N1 5LF
🕡 6.30pm, 6 July
A huge thank you to Jen and the youth team at Grace Church Hackney for organising this!
You have until midnight to submit your monologue for More Than One Story: The Anthology.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience and highlight the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Submit now: bit.ly/3GVLirS
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience and highlight the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Submit now: bit.ly/3GVLirS
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You have until midnight to submit your monologue for More Than One Story: The Anthology.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience and highlight the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Submit now: bit.ly/3GVLirS
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience and highlight the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Submit now: bit.ly/3GVLirS
One week alert!
Submissions close for More Than One Story: The Anthology at midnight on 30 June.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience, whilst highlighting the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submissions close for More Than One Story: The Anthology at midnight on 30 June.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience, whilst highlighting the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
June 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One week alert!
Submissions close for More Than One Story: The Anthology at midnight on 30 June.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience, whilst highlighting the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submissions close for More Than One Story: The Anthology at midnight on 30 June.
This new collection of writing will amplify the voices of those with lived experience, whilst highlighting the complexities of homelessness and poverty.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Just under two weeks to submit a monologue for More Than One Story: The Anthology.
We're calling on writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to share bold, authentic stories that capture the complexity of those realities.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
We're calling on writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to share bold, authentic stories that capture the complexity of those realities.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
June 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just under two weeks to submit a monologue for More Than One Story: The Anthology.
We're calling on writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to share bold, authentic stories that capture the complexity of those realities.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
We're calling on writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to share bold, authentic stories that capture the complexity of those realities.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
We’re so excited to announce that we have been shortlisted by #SMKAwards2025 in the 'Creative Changemaker' category for our More Than One Story Campaign. Congrats to all the amazing shortlisted entries!
Find out more here: bit.ly/451lEfz
Find out more here: bit.ly/451lEfz
June 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re so excited to announce that we have been shortlisted by #SMKAwards2025 in the 'Creative Changemaker' category for our More Than One Story Campaign. Congrats to all the amazing shortlisted entries!
Find out more here: bit.ly/451lEfz
Find out more here: bit.ly/451lEfz
Writing a monologue doesn’t mean being a playwright. It means being heard.
Submit yours by 30 June.
bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submit yours by 30 June.
bit.ly/3GVLirS
May 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Writing a monologue doesn’t mean being a playwright. It means being heard.
Submit yours by 30 June.
bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submit yours by 30 June.
bit.ly/3GVLirS
Chris Sonnex discusses why we need to celebrate the creative brilliance of writers with lived experience of homelessness and poverty.
Submissions open until midnight, 30 June.
Find out more here: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submissions open until midnight, 30 June.
Find out more here: bit.ly/3GVLirS
May 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Chris Sonnex discusses why we need to celebrate the creative brilliance of writers with lived experience of homelessness and poverty.
Submissions open until midnight, 30 June.
Find out more here: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Submissions open until midnight, 30 June.
Find out more here: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Two weeks ago, we featured in @BigIssue music special - alongside some mighty talent.
Evey experience is different. We’re looking for monologues that cut through the statistics. What matters is that they’re authentic to lived experience.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Evey experience is different. We’re looking for monologues that cut through the statistics. What matters is that they’re authentic to lived experience.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
May 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Two weeks ago, we featured in @BigIssue music special - alongside some mighty talent.
Evey experience is different. We’re looking for monologues that cut through the statistics. What matters is that they’re authentic to lived experience.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
Evey experience is different. We’re looking for monologues that cut through the statistics. What matters is that they’re authentic to lived experience.
Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS
“The course has helped me learn how to complete challenges, find my inner self...and discover deep connections”
This #creativityandwellbeingweek, we’re highlighting the power of creative practice to heal, connect, and transform.
Read more about our most recent workshop series here: bit.ly/3Zu2xa9
This #creativityandwellbeingweek, we’re highlighting the power of creative practice to heal, connect, and transform.
Read more about our most recent workshop series here: bit.ly/3Zu2xa9
May 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The course has helped me learn how to complete challenges, find my inner self...and discover deep connections”
This #creativityandwellbeingweek, we’re highlighting the power of creative practice to heal, connect, and transform.
Read more about our most recent workshop series here: bit.ly/3Zu2xa9
This #creativityandwellbeingweek, we’re highlighting the power of creative practice to heal, connect, and transform.
Read more about our most recent workshop series here: bit.ly/3Zu2xa9
We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.
Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.