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  • A Citizens' Assembly

    Tue 5 Nov at 7.30pm
    Tickets Pay What You Decide (Suggested donation: £5)
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    We are the citizens! This is our assembly! We are the actors in this story!

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    We are the citizens! This is our assembly! We are the actors in this story!

    What are we doing about the climate emergency? What are we not doing? What more could we be doing? What more should we be doing? 

    A Citizens’ Assembly, a new work by acclaimed theatre maker Andy Smith created in collaboration with applied arts practitioner Lynsey O’Sullivan. Part of a series of works called Plays For The People: plays written to be performed by the people in the room.

    Developed with the support of The Dukes Theatre Lancaster, The Social Responsibility Fund and The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester.

    Content Notice
    Running Time 70 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    "‘Smith’s optimism is infectious’"
    Total Theatre on 'two from a smith'
    "Climate emergency is a subject that overwhelms many of us, making us feel helpless, but the brilliance of A CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY is the way it structures discussion around the subject by asking questions of how we can act and cleverly casting the audience a"
    Lyn Gardner, The Stage

    "Welcoming, inclusive, creative and life-affirming. I have learnt a lot myself in so many ways that will seep into all parts of my life. My self-confidence has massively increased"

    Human Jam participant