An evening of cabaret, comedy and celebration of Arcola’s community companies.

Short acts and songs performed by 50+ Group, Queer Collective and Mental Health Community Company.  

All donations and ticket sales for this event will support the productions as part of our Participation Festival in Spring 2026. Through this annual celebration of youth and community theatre, we provide high quality performance opportunities to members of our local community. 

In 2025, we ran 30 in-house projects which reached 768 participants through workshops and classes. 251 participants performed across our Studio 1 and 2 spaces through Participation. 

In a recent evaluation with our current community company members, 100% of the 40 members interviewed answered yes when asked if being part of Arcola Participation had had a positive impact on their sense of self and community. 

Supporting this event helps us to continue to do this work.