C3 Festivals 2025

Plays co-created and directed by: Abi Falase, Abi Glasser, Bashiie Baptiste, James Kent, Mariana Aristizábal Pardo, and Yolanda Mercy,.

Plays facilitated by: Abi Falase, Alphonso Brown, Audrey Corno, Bashiie Baptiste, Christian Alifoe, and Manny Brown.

Films co-created with the students of Beacon High, Nuna Sandy, Mariana Aristizábal Pardo and James Kent and directed by Nuna Sandy and Mariana Aristizábal Pardo; and created by Maa-Yakor Addo and Company Three.

Podcasts were created by students at Beacon High and Nuna Sandy, students from Christ the King, Duncombe, Hungerford, Montem, Pakeman, and St Marks.

General C3 Festivals Team:
Angie Peña-Arenas - Producer
bankiyan - Sound Designer
Corey Bovell - Production Manager
Delyth Evans - Set and Costume Designer
Jack D’Arcy - Sound Designer
Ren Liberta - Lighting Designer and Technician
Rosely Ng - Production Assistant
Rosie Yadid - Vocal Coach
Vivi Wei - Stage Manager

With thanks to Yolanda Mercy.

A Celebration of Youth Voices from Islington
Theatre. Films. Talks. Podcasts.

11 - 20 April 2025.

Over two weeks in April 2025, we presented 17 new works co-created by Islington teenagers, across theatre, podcasts and films.

Six new plays explored dreams, relationships, loss and joy. They looked at navigating through teenagehood and an increasingly uncertain future, whilst fighting for joy and dreams that transcend societal expectations and limitations.

Podcasts born from our Happiness and Black Girl Magic projects in local schools shared what makes young people happy, frustrated and proud of who they are. Members of our Core Company spoke directly to the Prime Minister through a podcast series called Dear Prime Minister and If I was in the Government.