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Run Riot Dispatches | 10 February 2026
Guest Edited by London-based producer, DJ and musician Oscar Farrell whose third EP will be out in April on George Daniel’s (The 1975) electronic music label
Zine stories from Ted Hodgkinson, Eliza Clark, Okechukwu Nzelu, Venus Raven and Tainted Saint. Recommended events include dh2: Oscar Farrell + George Daniel + 2D0GS, Adrian Sherwood live with African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet, Dar Disku All Night Long, Indie Night, London Fetish Film Festival, Gasworks and Umi Ishihara present Nocturnal Melody – the Party, The Moment, Soulwax presents Abbey Road After Hours, Deep Azure. Special Offer for Bitch Boxer. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 12 January 2026
Guest Edited by Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan from the award-winning site-specific theatre company Dante or Die, who celebrate their 20th anniverasy by embarking on the wild and messy stories of todays world
Zine stories from Jane Beese, Philip Ilson, and Leyla Nazli. Recommended events include Ockham’s Razor (part of MimeLondon 2026), A Ghost In Your Ear at Hampstead Theatre, On The Other Earth by Wayne McGregor, Bowie Cabaret (ft Blixa Bargeld and Jehnny Beth), Umi Ishihara at Gasworks, London Short Film Festival, Viva Cuba at Ronnie Scotts. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 3 December 2025
Guest Edited by Becca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole from Sh!t Theatre whose show tells the wild story of Isabel Perón, the go-go-dancer-turned-president who led Argentina for 18 disastrous months
Zine stories from Gemma Barnett, Arthur Newman, Tom Clarkson & Owen Visser. Recommended events include The Muppet Christmas Carol, Cinderella and the Matzo Ball, House of Life, London Nature Films: LUMINOX, HAUS: We’ve Put Up The Christmas Tree Ourselves, Cosima von Bonin, Mermaid Chunky. Special offers for Sh!t Theatre, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, Cinderella, and Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 26 November 2025
Guest Edited by Nwando Ebizie – the British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist, whose work evokes a call for RADICAL change
Zine stories from Grace Nicol and Alan Souza. Recommended events include Vari/ations – An Ode to Oram, Nigerian Modernism, MOTH Festival of Ideas, The Ice Tower, Dracapella, Hornsey Town Hall Festive Grand Launch, Fatboy Slim. Special offers for Sh!t Theatre, Gilbert & George, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, Cinderella, and Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 19 November 2025
Guest Edited by WUNDER BETA – the London-based Brazilian-born artist whose latest single, ‘Live In The Now’ is out now – the fourth and final track from her electro-bossa debut EP, ‘Love You To Beats
Zine stories from Josephine Burton and Rachel Mars. Recommended events include Electroniq!, Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies, Nimi Salons, London Migration Film Festival, Portobello Winter Film & Art Festival 2025, Print Clubs Mega Pop Up shop, Hackers. Special offers for Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, Gilbert & George, and Cinderella. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 7 November 2025
Guest Edited by Lee Adams – performance artist, sculptor, experimental filmmaker, and curator – who celebrates 22 years of underground party, KAOS in November 2025
Zine story from CN Lester. Recommended events include Reclaiming Antifascist Futures, London Palestine Film Festival, Enounters: Mona Hatoum x Giacometti, Oi Va Voi, Jonny Woo’s Un-Royal Variety, Sarathy Korwar Drum Ensemble, From the Lips to the Moon. Special offer for Gilbert & George, Cinderella, and KUNSTY. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 30 October 2025
Guest Edited by Dan Monsell, Festival Director of Pitchfork Music Festival London
Zine stories from Stephen Colegrave, and Becca Voelcker. Recommended events include London Literature Festival, Ryoji Ikeda, V&A East Storehouse, Voila! Theatre Festival, War Child presents Sound & Vision, London Nature Films, London Palestine Film Festival. Special offer for KUNSTY. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 22 October 2025
Guest Edited by writer and curator Susanna Davies-Crook, whose latest projects Dystopia Is Not The Future and Dirty Weekend are coming to the Barbican
Zine stories from Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Aaron Wright, and Freddie Opoku-Addaie. Recommended events include Technology and Power 001, Heaven Looks Like Us, The Compost Library: Writing The Shift, Doc’n Roll Film Festival, lost, Caravaggio’s Cupid, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Special offer for KUNSTY. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 15 October 2025
Guest Edited by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley whose exhibition THE DELUSION is at Serpintine North, Hyde Park
Zine stories from Pepa Ubera and Urielle Klein-Mekongo. Recommended events include Bernice Mulenga, Zanele Muholi, Home Studio Presents, Mother Vera by Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson, London Month of the Dead, Stop Shopping Choir, Camille O’Sullivan. Special offers for Crocodile Fever, and Jan Martens. Read Now →
Run Riot Dispatches | 7 October 2025
Guest Edited by Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Co-CEO and Artistic Director of Dance Umbrella – London’s international dance festival
Zine stories from The Palestinian Circus, Aaron Wright, Grace Barber-Plentie & Sky Lewis, Zeta Gkoko, and Michael Kill. Recommended events include Dance Umbrella highlights, PhotoMonth, Protocol 909, Catching Flies, 10 Years of Choose Love. Special offer for Jan Martens. Read Now →