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I’ll be speaking at ‘flash-conference’ featuring topics such as public perception of art, theatre, performance and the audience. I’ll be discussing ‘How can we stop making capitalism?’ with other interesting people. For more details, visit the Edgelands website. It should be interactive and exciting!  This day is not about railing against authority or the great institutions of the arts. It is a day for everybody to gather at the edges of those big institutions and organisations, on equal terms. To ask daring questions and suggest implausible answers. To share a spirit of generosity and a galvanising sense of hope; that despite or perhaps because of the political, financial and environmental circumstances in which we find ourselves, the arts can and will play a part in imagining and realising a better possible future.

Artists. Audiences. How can we do this better? 

Why have we failed to convince people the arts are important? Are the arts still important?

So now we have the full four, what’s next? Well, the very exciting opportunity to grab a ticket, along with our first list of confirmed speakers/artists/participants! Currently confirmed are:

• Chris Goode
• Tim Etchells
• Chris Thorpe
• Kieran Hurley
• Laura McDermott
• Harun Morrison
• Rohan Gunatillake
• Annette Mees
• Ryan Van Winkle
• Third Angel
• John McGrath
• Emma Adams
• Matthew Somerville
• Rachel Coldicutt
• Emily Sexton (Next Wave)
• Tom Armitage
• Gob Squad
• Fuel

And you can now grab a ticket from the first batch over at edgelands.eventbrite.com. There will also be another batch released along with the final list of speakers/artists/participants next month.

As ever, do share/talk about the event on Twitter using the hashtag #edgelands, and finally, do go and check out all of the wonderful partners who will be supporting the event.