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  • Carmen Collective

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    Carmen Collective make collaborative, cross-disciplinary work in the places it matters most. 

    Carmen's most recent show, Lessons On Revolution (created with Undone Theatre), enjoyed a sell-out run at Summerhall this Edinburgh Fringe, and received five stars from The Scotsman.

    The company have also worked with venues across the country and produced national tours. 

    In addition to this, Carmen have delivered a variety of development programmes and mentoring initiatives to support artists from underrepresented backgrounds succeed in the sector.

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  • Carmen Collective CPT shows

    Mo Pittaway

    The Food Bank Show

    Tue 4 Nov - Sat 8 Nov at 7pm (3pm matinees on Saturday)
    Following ★★★★★ Lessons On Revolution, Carmen Collective return with a searing new piece of documentary theatre, piecing together the story of food poverty in the UK.

    Blog Posts by Carmen Collective

    A black and white image of ballerinas in tutus dancing on stage
    Posted: 14-07-2026 Tag: artist blogs

    Music and Emergency

    Music scores can tell stories across time, they can affect our emotions powerfully and how we connect with each other, but what happens when music is used as a form of state censorship, and a protest against it? Composer and sound designer AJ Turner tells the story of how music’s capacity to affect emotions was used by the Soviet Union in 1991 and reclaimed by artists and activists in the present day, and reflects on the role of music in their upcoming show with Carmen Collective, GAMEPLAY.


    Portrait of Vasili Arkhipov wearing a dark Soviet naval uniform with medals, looking directly at the camera with a calm, serious expression against a plain background.
    Posted: 03-07-2026 Tag: artist blogs

    The Man Who Saved The World

    In an age when disaster seems inevitable, how might history show us other ways forward? Writer and performer Sam Rees tells the extraordinary story of Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet naval officer who saved the world, and considers the key role he plays in Sam’s upcoming project with Carmen Collective, GAMEPLAY, an audio described myth for the end times debuting at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 


    A male figure stands central with a microphone, a gust of wind surrounds him, carrying detritus, including food items-cans, fish, bottles etc, and writing implements-pieces of paper, a laptop etc. The style is of a pencil sketch, all in black and white.
    Posted: 31-03-2026 Tag: artist blogs

    Food For Thought - An Interview with Rebecca O’Connell, Professor of Food, Families and Society

    ‘Around four million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. That’s a shocking failure in one of the richest countries in the world.’


    "It is precisely these types of projects, involving these types of people, in these types of theatres that make London what it is."

    The Lancet