Chris Sonnex
@csonnex.bsky.social
AD & JCEO Cardboard Citizens. Founder LDN Ticket Bank. Words/ opinions are my own B4 award winning AD Bunker Theatre Unrepped, DM me for work shiz
This Sunday, our Member Michael is running the London Marathon. He’s doing it for Cardboard Citizens, raising funds to support creative programmes for our Members. Every step he takes will help create space for connection, confidence and sharing stories. Support him here: bit.ly/4bWQhpv
Cardboard Citizens recruits ex-Royal Court boss and member representative to board www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
Cardboard Citizens recruits ex-Royal Court boss and member representative to board - Arts Professional
Former artistic director of the Royal Court VICKY FEATHERSTONE and BBC Studios Productions' head of digital strategy ALEXANDRA CASSON have joined the board of
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big man Michael is running for @cardboardcitz.bsky.social. He's a legend. Support a legend.
"We have to keep talking about possibility": Chris Sonnex on Cardboard Citizens open.substack.com/pub/natashat...
"We have to keep talking about possibility": Chris Sonnex on Cardboard Citizens
On the UK company making work with people with lived experience of homelessness and poverty.
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How can digital storytelling drive social change? Our CEO Chris Sonnex shares insights from More Than One Story on the latest Digital Culture Podcast. 🎧 bit.ly/46GgSED
Digital Culture Podcast Episode #12 – Socially impactful digital storytelling with Chris Sonnex from Cardboard Citizens
Chris Sonnex of Cardboard Citizens shares how their project ‘More Than One Story’ used film and partnerships to reach an audience of 157,000.
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Earlier this month, we brought together artists and organisations from around the country for Class Assembly Bradford and WOW, what a day it was! We were so energised by the day and we’re excited to keep the conversation going around class inequity in the arts. 📸 @tomwoollard.bsky.social
“Not causing new trauma, by bad practice, matters.” Our Artistic Director, Chris Sonnex featured in @thestage.co.uk last week, calling on the industry to prioritise artists' well-being when making worked focusing on trauma. Read here: bit.ly/4jWfEsf
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
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Book review: More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty from Nick Hern Books, in association with Cardboard Citizens www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/more...
Book review: More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty from Nick Hern Books, in association with Cardboard Citizens
Book review of More Than One Story: An Anthology of Monologues on Homelessness and Poverty (Sonali Bhattacharyya, Malorie Blackman, Chris Bush, Kayleigh Llewellyn, Michelle De Swarte, Inua Ellams, Mat...
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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.
I’m so proud for all the writers in this. if you don’t know, get to know them. @cardboardcitz.bsky.social
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
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
"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
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.
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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
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
🎨🎭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.
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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 · last yr.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
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
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
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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.
bigissue.com
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.
bigissue.com
Are you a #writer with #livedexperience of #poverty and #homelessness? . Submit your #story and change the #narrative! . Call for submissions @cardboardcitz.bsky.social in collaboration with @bigissue.com and @nickhernbooks.bsky.social - open until 30 June . mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/
@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
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