The Festival of Dangerous Ideas

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Dangerous ideas for dangerous times

Its a dangerous world: a deepening economic crisis, the euro disintegrating, Britain nearly broke and heading for breakup, ongoing war in Afghanistan and another one threatened against Iran... The old ideas are bust too: free market economics, privatisation, imperialism, the democracy of plutocracy...all of them out of date and out of place.

So now is the time for dangerous ideas: for the new, the seditious, the marginalised, the ridiculed, the road less travelled...

The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is a multimedia event with discussions, workshops, music, films, poetry, art, Sh!t Theatre and more. Dangerous ideas for Dangerous times.

Featuring

Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Joe Glenton, Nina Power, Paul Mason, John Rees, Chris Bambery, Sanum Ghafoor, Lindsey German, Clare Solomon, James Meadway, Owen Hatherley, Kate Connelly, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Chris Ninehame & many more.

Programme Highlights

10.15am - 'Why it's kicking off everywhere'
Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight's economics editor will discuss the subject of his latest book and the amazing events of the last year  with Lindsey German and Sanum Ghafoor; from the student rebellions to revolution and riots.

11.50am - Art belongs on the streets
Three of Britain's most subversive artists challenge the complacency of the contemporary art world. Situationist poet Rob Montgomery, joins Peter Kennard and Cat Philips to discuss art, politics and resistance.

1.45pm - Theatre of the Oppressed
An interactive workshop of exercises, games, image techniques and improvisations. It promises to develop and reshape the art of theatre by turning it into a tool for comprehending social problems - and finding their solutions.

6.15pm workshop, 10.30pm live performance
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. joins the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 
Internationally acclaimed musician Sam Duckworth – best known as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – casts an eye over the nature of political songwriting. From ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ to Live Aid, he examines the prospects and the pitfalls of intertwining activism and music. Sam Duckworth is a solo musician from Essex. Nominated for Best Solo Artist at the 2007 NME Awards, Sam has performed as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. at a number of festivals including Glastonbury, Reading and Oxygen.

8.30pm - The writing on the wall
Folk singer Roy Bailey and veteran activist Tony Benn present a widely acclaimed tour of radical history which takes us all the way from the Peasant’s Revolt to contemporary socialist politics. Pandit G of The Asian Dub Foundation, among others, will DJ providing dance-floor inspiration late into the night through Hip-Hop, Dub and Electronica.

Full programme available www.dangerousideas.org.uk

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