Category Archives: The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor

Blue Blouse (2017)

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolutions New Factory of the Eccentric Actor produced a rousing tribute to the collective effort of Blue Blouse theatre groups who performed in factories in the USSR, USA, Germany and across Europe … Continue reading →

International Women’s Day (2020)

18 May ’20

Workers have a laugh at the Tate & Lyle factory in Liverpool, 1970. The laughs and good fun carried on into the Torriano Meeting House in March 2020. A revolutionary event with speakers, writers, poets and performers.

International Women’s Day 2019

11 Mar ’20

Torriano Meeting House, London. Lavish and Loud

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19 Jun ’19

Marx 200

31 May ’18

An evening to celebrate Karl Marx. Two hundred years old today

International Women’s Day 2018

4 Mar ’18

Sylvia Pankhurst

International Women’s Day March 2017

8 Feb ’17

“The Tigers of Wrath

25 Feb ’14

are wiser than the horses of instruction.” William Blake’s quote seems to fit neatly as a description of the life of Mikhail Bakunin. Wandering philosopher and misfit activist.

2 Feb ’14

The year of revolutions, and the backlash. Nationalist and socialist. Everywhere.

Visiting Revolutionaries. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London. (2010)

3 Dec ’10

A series of readings and performances of scenes from the plays of the New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. A commemoration to the life of one our friends and benefactors, John Retty, who died earlier in the year.