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At long last, it’s getting near impossible to discard green thoughts: even the veritable hell of London renting has a green hue, delivered in the shape of the energy performace certificate. Councils are making recycling compulsory, hybrid busses are making a mark and the UK Green Film Festival is making another splash, ready to unleash environmentally mindful features from 3^rd of May.

Photo credit: Rahel Weiss

Artistic Director of Gecko, Amit Lahav, is concise and doesn’t beat around the bush; it feels only polite for Run Riot to reciprocate. Here goes – straight to the point.

Thespians know David Rosenberg as a founding artist of Shunt and a theatre director who indulges in experimentation; Run Riot regulars will also be familiar with his untraditional approach to interviews, which are always blissfully blurb free and intrigue heavy.

A little over 3 years ago Nick Giles left Donmar Warehouse to become Director of Shoreditch Town Hall. His pitch to the venue’s board was simple and ambitious - inject the architectural gem with an artistic programme to match: “Saving the building was not enough – we needed to give it a life, and audiences and our local community compelling reasons to come through our doors.”

Images: Elvira Santamaría Torres and Manuel Vason, Double Exposures, Belfast, 2013.