We Are Free to Change the World: Go

We Are Free To Change The World is a new series of three Dash Cafés exploring how artists and creative activists respond to the urgency of our times.

Through performance, film and conversation, each event, chaired by Dash Arts artistic director Josephine Burton, brings together creative voices to consider how we act – and how we do this together. A collaborative act between Artsadmin and Toynbee Studios resident, Dash Arts, the series also celebrates Dash Arts’ 20th birthday, and 18th year in the building, and part of the Fête of Britain.

Framed around preparation, balance and movement, the series will make space for connection and reflection, for building or sharing tools and practices, and might be the starting point for something new we imagine together.

Featuring a zine making supported by the Fête of Britain and Josh Knowles’ Giant Book of Best Things Ever, we encourage you to bring any paper or making materials you may wish to add to the session, alongside your art, questions and reflections. 

The event will also be audio recorded for Dash Arts’ podcast OffScript. You can now listen to episodes from the previous events Ready and Steady.

GO

Thursday 19 March 2026, 6pm – 9pm, Toynbee Studios

Doors 6pm. Panel discussion begins at 6.30pm. Approx’ running time 3 hours, including breaks and networking.

How do we move forward—and what are we moving towards?

The final Café in the series looks at what it means to take action. GO brings together artists, activists and thinkers whose work invites movement: outward, onward, and often together. Through shared conversation and creative performance, we’ll explore next steps—whether practical, political or imaginative.

We will be joined by

Clare Farrell – Designer and Activist

Maureen Onwunali – Poet, Performer and Facilitator

Josh Appignanesi – Film Director and Writer

Mira Awad – Musician and Multidisciplinary Artivist