That’s a wrap for 2025🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined the Common Ground community this past year, it’s been brilliant and 2026 is gonna be even better!
If you want to kick off the new year by getting involved, we have Steady Readers starting again on Monday 5th of Jan at 7pm. Click the link in bio to join📚
As always we’re cooking up some new workshops and projects for this year, so keep your eyes peeled for more creative collaborations coming soon 👀
And just like that, our residency at @stanleyarts.uk has come to an end! What a week it was.
A massive thank you to all the creatives involved, the Stanley Arts Team and all those who came to watch the sharing🎭 Until next time!
📸 @lucindadavidson_photography
For our final event of 2025 we filled @theglitch_se1 with creatives. Open-micers, headline artists and first-timers came together to sharers their work. It was epic.
Thank you to everyone who came along, Homemade will be back in 2026 with more weird and wonderful spaces to perform in. If you know of any unique spaces that might want to host us next year, drop us a DM!🎄
📸 Shot by @flozwt@helswreford
#Openmic #community #creatives #poets #musicians #headliners #comedy
Last week we were at @centralfilmschool for the table read of ‘The Real Estate’, a new play written by Will Thacker, directed by Chloe Beale.
This creative partnership began at Common Ground’s ‘From Scratch’ residency last year and we’re now developing a new piece of Will’s writing, through collaboration.
Thank you to all the creatives involved, more to come 👀
April’s Write to Roam: Ouse Valley Viaduct🪻
What a treat seeing the bluebells on a sunny day. Great vibes all round. To come along to our next Write to Roam, click the link in bio
📅 Monday 11th May
⛰️ St Martha’s Hill, Guildford
🎟️ £10 with PWYC available
This month our Steady Readers are taking on ‘Sisters by Daisy Johnson’ 📚
There’s no pressure to finish the book if you’re a steady reader, we just come together to discuss the story with a cuppa. Low stakes, chill, kind vibes😎
‘Sisters’ is a poetic gothic horror about family, ghosts and the bond between sisters. There’s also a twist! (We love a twist).
Join via the link in Bio 🎟️
MONDAY May 4th 7pm
Old Vic Backstage, Waterloo
PWYC
Thanks to everyone who came along to Steady Readers last week! Wuthering Heights predictably had mixed reviews, but we welcomed the debate 📚
Next month we are back, with something brand new: ‘Sisters’ by Daisy Johnson. Desperate for a fresh start, 2 sisters move across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. In their new unsettling surroundings, they find a fierce bond, that is beginning to change in ways they cannot understand…
If you’d like to read the book and take part in Steady Readers next month, click the link in bio to join☺️
Monday 4th May 7pm
Old Vic Backstage
PWYC
See you then!
Write to Roam is next Sunday! We’ll be heading South to the Ouse Valley Viaduct hike📝
Got an idea you want to develop? Fancy getting out of London for the day? Write to Roam is the perfect way to get out of your head and into nature🌲
The route is roughly 10k and we stop 3 times for some creative writing, facilitated by Poet/Performer @mol.walker
To book your spot, click the link in bio🎟️
Hope to see you there!
#community #creatives #hiking #newwriting #writers
Write to Roam: Ashridge Estate 🏰
Thank you to those who came along to our March hike🥾 Our next Write to Roam is on Sunday 19th of April! We will be doing the Ouse Valley Viaduct walk, so book your spot via the link in bio if you’d like to come along 🐣
Write to Roam is for anyone who uses writing as a creative outlet. The hike is a chance for you to connect with nature, through creativity.
You can come armed with an idea you’re currently working on, use the prompts to get started on something new, or just see where the vibe takes you ✏️
🗓️ Sunday 19th of April
💸 £10 with PWYC available
🌲 Ouse Valley Viaduct
🎟️Link in Bio
SPOTLIGHT: Rehearsals are underway for Wang Bang Willy Wagon, a dark satirical drama about a cultish volunteer-run immersive theatre company, written by @manreeeeve
This brand new production features Common Ground creatives with Manreeve Dhothar (Write to Roam, From Scratch) collaborating with Chloe Beale (From Scratch). “This is a project I developed during Write to Roam. Common Ground has played a big part in bringing this show into existence.” - Manreeve
Funny, unsettling, and uncomfortably familiar, Wang Bang Willy Wagon asks: How far will you go to feel important?
🎭 Golden Goose Theatre
2nd - 4th April, 7PM
@wangbangwillywagon
🎟️ LINK IN BIO 🎟️
Steady Readers book club takes place on the first Tuesday of every month, at 7pm @oldvictheatre Backstage 🎭
Each month we discuss a different book, and this month we’re making our way through Wuthering Heights by Emile Brontë. There’s no pressure to finish the book, and we provide an information pack for those who want to take things slow, including a breakdown of the plot, character relationships and links to film and audio adaptations📚
We are constantly on the lookout for new ways to make reading more accessible for neurodivergent readers, so if you’ve got any unique hacks or tips, get in touch!
To take part, click the link in bio🎟️
Some of the CG creatives were at @stratford_east recently working on an R&D for @matipoarts new project exploring migration.
We believe having the space and time to explore an idea, before jumping into the drafting process, is vital when creating new work. At Common Ground, we do this by prioritising collaboration and play. It gives the writer different perspectives of where the story can go and most importantly, we work collectively on discovering the language of the piece🌏
Director/Writer: @itsgeorgiakh
Creatives: @mariemcnaugher@rianna_kellman@chloetaplin@butterflyburton
Thank you to Stratford East for the space to create🎭
