Songs of Hope and Protest
2022

Songs of Hope and Protest was a collaboration between the UEA research project, Our Subversive Voice: the history and politics of the English protest song. 

Staged with the support of the National Centre for Writing the project resulted in six free, hour-long shows in Norwich parks and open spaces in June 2022.  The show featured 14 protest songs interwoven with a historical-satirical narrative, three of them our own. 

To access some of the songs join The Common Lot online and download our songbook.

The Our Subversive Voice project has a brilliant website, full of fascinating English protest songs from the middle ages to now. 

"THANK YOU so much! You know what ... I feel like I properly needed that!"
PK, an audience angry member, via facebook.

A Free Talk & Exhibition on 'A History of the English Protest Song' with Professors John Street and Alan Finlayson.  

17th February 2021, at Mile Cross Library