Join our community companies who present a trilogy investigating collective activism in an individualist age.

Join Arcola’s community companies who present a trilogy investigating collective activism in an individualist age. Amplifying queer voices (Queer Collective), tackling the stigma around mental health (Mental Health Community Company) and exploring journeys through life’s eras (Arcola 50+ Group), these plays encompass communal joy, communal pain and communal courage in moments of uncertainty. 

Recall by 50+ Group 

When a community is asked to choose: do we demolish, or do we remember? The future of Ashwin Hall hangs in the balance. A love letter to community spaces and the people who make them matter.

Digest by Mental Health Community Company 

A group of strangers have been invited to join a potluck. They must bring their most delicious memory. A play offering a delicious feast of culinary storytelling. 

Embrace by Queer Collective

Placing activist communities centre stage, Queer Collective explores protests past to show us how to protest now. A rallying cry which asks us to hold hands, dance and disrupt.

Arcola’s annual Participation Festival celebrating youth and community theatre is back! Over 100 participants local to Hackney between the ages of 9 and 79 will take to the stage to present 5 new devised works which have been in development over the Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026 Participation season here at Arcola Theatre.