Gen-Z and the aftermath of the General Election: what Young People can teach us

Gen-Z and the aftermath of the General Election: what Young People can teach us

During the afternoon of the vote for the 2019 General Election, #youthquake was trending in the echo chamber of Twitter, with hundreds of thousands of tweets sharing expectant excitement of the outcome the next generation could bring. Like 2017, we know the rest of the story. The majority of voters aged 18-24 did actually vote for Labour, but were outnumbered by the older generations. So what is the story for those young people?

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Learning to Listen - my experience of making Zest's new show

Learning to Listen - my experience of making Zest's new show

How do you react to someone who thinks completely unlike you? It turns out that joining an R&D process for a show about difference, otherness and broken communities was the perfect opportunity for me to learn how to listen.

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In Safe Hands - some thoughts on the next generation and the future of Britain

In Safe Hands - some thoughts on the next generation and the future of Britain

Last week saw us begin the process of making a brand new show. A show about difference and how the fear of those ‘other’ to us can spill into hate. And what a week we chose to begin that process.

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