Andy Bannister, Dan Cox and Paul Burgess at Deptford Pride 2019. Photo by Dino Paciulli
Daedalus returns to Camden People’s Theatre 15 years after their acclaimed immersive documentary drama A Place at the Table, to present QUEER REVOLUTIONARY SINGALONG with ecosocialist folk band The Black Smock Band.
Join us this April for fiery folk tunes and leftie singalong classics, from ‘Bread and Roses’ to ‘Solidarity Forever’. Bring your singing voice and your revolutionary fervour! There will also be a limited number of floor spots. If you have a song that fits the vibe, and you’d like to share it, get in touch with the band via this link.
Date: Weds 22 April 2026
Time: 8.30PM
Location: Camden People’s Theatre
Tickets are pay what you can, starting from £3
The Black Smock Band originally set out to create an alternative space within London’s LGBTQ+ community; somewhere for people who didn’t fit the commercialised Soho scene. When the band started organising events 16 years ago it was political and protest songs were always part of the mix, but it didn’t feel particularly urgent.
Since then, our world has undergone a great deal of change. In the Western world, capitalism was morphing into technofeudalism, our data and creativity were stolen, and the natural world was systematically destroyed. Now the left is finding its feet again, exploring new ideas like ecosocialism, and rediscovering the power of protest for a new generation… along with its songs.
The echoes of the period of British history in which so much of our folk tradition was forged are unmistakable. Daedalus explored this history in our Mobile Incitement gig-theatre project: times of enclosure, extraction, exploitation, and loss of access to Nature are once again being met with revolution, liberation movements, and radical ideas.
Building communities of resistance and hope through song is part of that struggle and has brought a new urgency to the band’s work.
About the band
Photo of Andy, Dan and Paul at The Music Complex, Deptford, in 2019. Photo by The Black Smock Band
The Black Smock Band is South East London’s premier gay, ecosocialist folk band… probably. As well as performing around the country, they have a long history of hosting open folk sessions for both instrumentalists and the public. This event, produced by the queer-led Daedalus Theatre Company, is part of an ongoing collaboration that has included the gig-theatre piece Gerrard Winstanley’s Mobile Incitement Unit, shown at venues including Latitude Festival and St Nicholas Priory, Exeter, as well as running workshops at Poplar Union, and providing music for the East Storytelling project.
The core members of The Black Smock Band are Andy Bannister, Paul Burgess and Dan Cox.
