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We are very excited and honoured to announce that Johnny Harris will be joining some of the ARDENT8 actors as our special guest for the post-show Q&A following their performance of Drifting on Thursday 20th November @swkplay.bsky.social
Early booking advised! ➡️ tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Tickets are on sale for Drifting performed by the ARDENT8 ensemble. A poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition.

📅 18–22 Nov | 🕢 7:30pm | 🕒 Matinee Sat 3pm
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🎟️ #PayWhatYouCan £2.50-£15

www.ardenttheatre.co.uk/drifting
Drifting — Ardent Theatre Company
By Andrew Muir
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September 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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@ardenttheatre.bsky.social return to Southwark Playhouse Borough with new play, Drifting 🌊

By Andrew Muir in collaboration with the Ardent8 Ensemble, this poetic and darkly funny show follows a man grappling with the weight of expectation, the pull of home and the dream of escape.

18 - 22 Nov
Drifting Main Artwork. Image features 8 young people in casual green, red and blue clothing facing forward on rocks on a dark sandy beach. Behind them, a broken stage mirror reflecting their faces, storm clouds and sea. A broken laptop on the sand. A Golden Eagle in the sky.
September 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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By: Jeff Mostyn on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Review: DRIFTING, Southwark Playhouse
Currently running at Southwark Playhouse Borough, Drifting is a new play by Andrew Muir in collaboration with the Ardent8 Ensemble.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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A Theatre Company set up to help the working-class progress in that world. southlondon.co.uk/area/southwa...
Drifting Into Southwark Playhouse with Ardent8 - southlondon.co.uk
A poignant, poetic and darkly humorous exploration of a generation caught between inertia and ambition Set against the backdrop of a coastal town shrouded in sea mist, Andrew Muir's Drifting follows a...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Another amazing #ardent8 workshop yesterday at Theatre Deli led by award-winning director, dramaturg and writer Daniel Bailey.

#TheatreWorkshop #ActingWorkshop #acting #actor
March 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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The ARDENT8 were back up in London yesterday for a workshop led by writer and director Sue Dunderdale to explore scenes from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, looking at how units of action can help navigate a text. Another brilliant day!

#Shakespeare #MeasureForMeasure #ActingWorkshop #actor
February 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Join the conversation! We were interviewed by Gary Naylor for Broadway World, talking about the ARDENT8 project and addressing the class inequality in theatre. Check it out!

#BroadwayWorld #TheatreTalk #ClassInequality #Ardent8Project #TheatreInterview
Interview: 'We Don’t Treat Class With The Attention It Deserves': Ardent Theatre's Mark Sands and Andrew Muir on Bringing Underrepresented Groups to The London Stage
It’s easy to forget that, while we all know that theatres have four walls, they also have two doors. The one we all know has bright lights, glossy playbills, a welcoming foyer and, sometimes, a queue for a bag search, that mark of 21st century life. But where is the other? Hard to find, hard to get past a code pad for entry / scowling guard and hard to know what to do even if you’ve cleared those hurdles. You guessed it, it’s all a bit on the nose as a metaphor for breaking into theatre as a career.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Check out our interview with some of the Drifting cast!

DRIFTING | 18-22 NOVEMBER
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Pay what you can (£2.50-£15.00)
TICKETS: tinyurl.com/A8-drifting
Meet the cast of Drifting — Ardent Theatre Company
We caught up with some of our ARDENT8 actors just before they started rehearsals to see how they’re feeling about their upcoming production Drifting at Southwark Playhouse and their journey on the ARDENT8 programme so far.
www.ardenttheatre.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Happy Tuesday! Check out this gorgeous Vanity Fair style photo of the ARDENT8 by the brilliant Jimmy Lee Portraits

#actors #vanityfair #photoshoot #jimmyleeportraits
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Our BIG GIVE appeal to raise money for our ARDENT8 ensemble is now live! Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, our chair David Harris and the Big Give have pledged £10K to support us if we can match their contribution £ for £. 10 days to raise £10K! Wed 5 - Fri 14 March.

More info: tinyurl.com/biggive2025
ARDENT8 Project 2025 – Big Give
ARDENT8 is an 18-month programme of workshops, mentoring and performance opportunities to support 8 young actors from low income backgrounds …
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March 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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So lovely to welcome the #ardent8 back to London with the amazing Hazel Holder kicking off the next batch of workshops with a session on voice @sohotheatre.bsky.social

#actor #acting #voicework #voiceworkshop #actortraining
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM