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“The role of the artist is to transform society not represent it” Joseph Beuys 

David Jubb is artistic director of Battersea Arts Centre. Here, he writes for Run Riot, on the responsibility of the press in such challenging times, and the return of theatre activism.

Why is Battersea Arts Centre doing a season about Cash, Capitalism and Corporations?

From 1-5pm on Sunday 26 February artist Katy Baird is inviting an audience to come and spend some time chatting with her inside Hurwundeki in Hackney Central whilst beauty industry professionals will wax, pluck, paint, attach and inject her body in order to help Katy achieve a brand new look for herself. 

I have always been slightly obsessed with hair, mainly facial hair since I was a kid. My father was a pilot in Kenya, East Africa and fittingly, he had a huge handlebar moustache. I used to sit on the end of his bed and watch him brush, twiddle and oil the long curvy hair that was his pride and joy.

Camden People's Theatre’s brand new festival All the Right Notes brings together audacious work created in the sweet spot where theatre and live music meet. Here Amber Massie-Blomfield, Executive Director of CPT, tells us all about the work you can expect to see, what live music gets right and how theatre can be inspired by it.