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Where are we in the story of British democracy? Was the 2016 EU Referendum a rehearsal for a new political system of direct democracy that ultimately benefits the far right? Or will the Internet replace the conventional machinery of government with a radical new form of network power where people di...

Living Room is an inter-disciplinary research project exploring how we can turn a(ny) room into a room that can host and support a performance, facilitated by a better understanding of theatre scenography (staging/set/lighting/sound). How can we use the arts to improve the way we use the spaces we w...

As a plastic, immaterial medium, the use of light on stage is challenging: how to experiment, test, develop and communicate lighting intentions in advance of the performance? How, in other words, to model light? And for lighting practitioners, how to acquire, hone and reinvent techniques and a desig...

Living Room is an inter-disciplinary research project exploring how we can turn a(ny) room into a room that can host and support a performance, facilitated by a better understanding of theatre scenography (staging/set/lighting/sound). How can we use the arts to improve the way we use the spaces we w...

Cuddington park was formed during London’s inter-war suburban expansion. Built commercially but promoted utopian ideals, these suburbs offered a new middle class of commuters the opportunity to live in a ‘natural’ environment of tree-lined roads, private gardens and public parks. Built on farmland, ...