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Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social · 13d

We’re excited to share the launch of More Than One Story - our first-ever published anthology, a groundbreaking collection of new writing by thirty-seven emerging and established writers from across the UK with lived experience of homelessness, poverty, and inequity.

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · 13d

So proud for everyone involved

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 13d

Actors Rory Kinnear and Paterson Joseph are among the line-up for the launch of a new book from Cardboard Citizens that will bring together monologues from emerging and existing writers.

👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/ror...

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · 13d

If you’re about and wanna see it. book here trafalgartheatre.com/shows/more-t...

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · 13d

I’m so proud for all the writers in this. if you don’t know, get to know them. @cardboardcitz.bsky.social

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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Please share. We need community now more than ever.

Calling ALL #PLAYWRIGHTS, #SCREENWRITERS and their friends Support Playwrights is holding a SUMMER SOCIAL at Soho Theatre Walthamstow.

Thurs 24th July 7pm-11pm.

Come alone or come with friends. ALL WELCOME.

#SupportPlaywrightsSummerSocial

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Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK) @smkcampaigners.bsky.social · Jun 19

Cardboard Citizens’ #MoreThanOneStory campaign is the 2025 winner for the #CreativeChangemakers award!!

To read more about their wonderful campaign, visit smk.org.uk/awards_no...

#SMKAwards2025 #LoveCampaigning

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · Jun 12

"What young people need now is not new schemes, it’s consistency, it’s someone they can trust enough with their best most aspirational self" - @njgriff.bsky.social AE CEO

Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running?
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate

Pink print of The Arts Emergency Manifesto with 11 points written alternatively in red and blue:
1. Be fearless. You are just as entitled as anyone to have the life you want.
2. There are things that are bigger and better than money. We have things that those in power will never understand.
3. We take it as a given that a civilised society values education, lifelong learning and creativity as a public good.
4. Fight the conditioning that tells you to demonise young people.
5. We are a social justice not social mobility organisation. Arts Emergency is no substitute for justice withheld.
6. To think creatively and critically is to free yourself from the limits of an unfair society puts on you.
7. There is no recession of the imagination.
8. The future is another place. Allow yourself to believe a better life is possible. Say it loud, defiantly, to everyone.
9. Be generous. Now be more generous. Share your privilege.
10. Do something. Start small, start local, keep going.
11. Optimism is a weapon and if all else fails be silly.

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daneka etchells @danekaetch.bsky.social · Jun 12

running a session with Spotlight on building an Access Rider Wednesday 18th June 5.30-8.30pm.

session is suitable for anyone who's a creative professional and is free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spotlight-...

places are limited. captions/BSL/AD and lots of breaks. see you there? x

Spotlight Success Session: Building an access rider for creatives

How to ask for what you need: Building an access rider for disabled, deaf and neurodivergent creatives.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · Jun 11

Read some thoughts from me

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · Jun 11

‘Storytelling, movement, theatre – these are tools of survival. Tools of healing. But only if done with care’

Artistic director of Cardboard Citizens Chris Sonnex (‪@csonnex.bsky.social‬) calls on the industry to prioritise artists' well-being when making worked focusing on trauma 👇

Chris Sonnex on protecting artists who create theatre from trauma

Stories of trauma might sell but the process of bringing them to stage can be damaging for artists. Chris Sonnex urges the industry to remember its duty of care

www.thestage.co.uk

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Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social · May 27

Two weeks ago, we featured in @BigIssue music special - alongside some mighty talent.

Evey experience is different. We’re looking for monologues that cut through the statistics. What matters is that they’re authentic to lived experience.

Find out more: bit.ly/3GVLirS

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Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social · May 27

Chris Sonnex discusses why we need to celebrate the creative brilliance of writers with lived experience of homelessness and poverty.

Submissions open until midnight, 30 June.

Find out more here: bit.ly/3GVLirS

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SharonGChiara @sharongchiara.bsky.social · May 25

🎨🎭Had to share this @bigissue.com by @csonnex.bsky.social about the Carboard Citizen project and work

So much to love & admire about art being a force for change &
"nurturing a movement, not just producing a product" 👏

www.bigissue.com/culture/thea...

Cardboard Citizens launches open call for stories from homeless people

Cardboard Citizens artistic director Chris Sonnex on the launch of the company's next chapter, More Than One Story: The Anthology.

www.bigissue.com

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 23

There’s no sense to any of this policy. Big love and power to @touretteshero.bsky.social.

Also read @graeaetheatre.bsky.social statement.

Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · May 23

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall

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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · May 23

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · May 15

Cardboard Citizens artistic director Chris Sonnex on the launch of the company's next chapter, More Than One Story: The Anthology.

Cardboard Citizens launches open call for stories from homeless people

www.bigissue.com

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Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social · May 15

No experience of homelessness is the same. That's why we're giving people space to tell their stories.

www.bigissue.com/culture/thea...

Cardboard Citizens launches open call for stories from homeless people

Cardboard Citizens artistic director Chris Sonnex on the launch of the company's next chapter, More Than One Story: The Anthology.

www.bigissue.com

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 15

www.bigissue.com/culture/thea...

@bigissue.com & @cardboardcitz.bsky.social & @nickhernbooks.bsky.social

Cardboard Citizens launches open call for stories from homeless people

Cardboard Citizens artistic director Chris Sonnex on the launch of the company's next chapter, More Than One Story: The Anthology.

www.bigissue.com

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Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social · May 13

Are you a #writer with #livedexperience of #poverty and #homelessness?
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Submit your #story and change the #narrative!
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Call for submissions @cardboardcitz.bsky.social in collaboration with @bigissue.com and @nickhernbooks.bsky.social - open until 30 June
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mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

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Malorie Blackman @malorieblackman.bsky.social · May 12

@cardboardcitz.bsky.social are inviting submissions for their anthology : More Than One Story.

Details are below. Enjoy and good luck.

mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

anthology - More Than One Story

mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 13

big vibes for @cardboardcitz.bsky.social

Big Issue @bigissue.com · May 12

The Big Issue Summer of Music special is here! ☀️☀️☀️

🎉 Big Issue’s annual festival guide
🎺 The Bradford brass band raising their horns
⛺ Inside End of the Road festival

Read a sneak peek. 👀 www.bigissue.com/behind-the...

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 12

Hi, Labour Party. Perhaps instead of leaning into fascism because you’re scared (or in agreement) of the influence that Farage has on people, give the people a better alternative that they can believe in, perhaps based on hope and creating better futures for people who can’t see futures right now

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 7

Take care of yourself innit

youtu.be/RZ-z81Ov4sE

More Than One Story: The Anthology - Writer Wellbeing

YouTube video by Cardboard Citizens

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 7

youtu.be/NikZivodW4Q

Cardboard Citizens Presents... More Than One Story: The Anthology

YouTube video by Cardboard Citizens

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Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 7

I wanna see more of this energy thanks

Chris Sonnex @csonnex.bsky.social · May 7

Come on, all my family with lived experience, this one’s for you, and if it ain’t, share it around.

Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social · May 7

We’re launching an open call for bold monologues from writers with lived experience of homelessness & poverty. Stories that challenge stereotypes and inspire change.

Selected pieces will be published by Nick Hern Books, alongside new writing from Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush & more.

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