Recently we had a small but perfectly-formed Salon on the roof of Somethin Else. Sophie Sampson gave a talk on wartime London, how the city coped during the Blitz. We looked out across the surrounding rooftops, observing how the skyline has been s…
Recently we had a small but perfectly-formed Salon on the roof of Somethin Else. Sophie Sampson gave a talk on wartime London, how the city coped during the Blitz. We looked out across the surrounding rooftops, observing how the skyline has been s…
On Saturday we hosted a first open event as A Playful Documentary Unit, a challenge over a day to make short playful documentaries about any subject reflected in our immediate locality. Documentaries might be playful in the relationship between ma…
On Wed 4th April we had a great Salon, with Ellie and Tom of Coney giving talks about internet memes and identifying birds. Ellie gave a semi-impromptu chat about internet trends and online in-jokes known as ‘memes’. She told us how her love of me…
Last Sunday, Coney hosted a Day of Play with Battersea Arts Centre. This was an open event, open to all to play and make play, with a mixture of planned play and space for spontaneous ideas to erupt. We shacked up in BAC’s splendid Grand Hall for …
Coney is collaborating with Somethin Else and Preloaded in developing an exciting new game for Channel 4. We’re looking for people aged 14 to 19 to come to Coney HQ in Old Street, London, to come and playtest a prototype of the game so we can lear…
We’re hosting A Day Of Play, an open event, with and at BAC on Sunday 25th March.From 12.30pm at BAC we’ll be talking, making and breaking various things to play. Come from 12.30pm if you are also up for making some playful things in the spirit of…
A new community theatre piece by Coney and Rosehill Theatre is launching in Cumbria tomorrow evening that’s the result of many many weeks of interviews, conversations, cups of tea, scribblings, train travelling and (a little bit of) dancing. White…
Another Show and Tell Salon hosted on 22nd February by Alex Rowse and Tassos Stevens of Coney together with Paul Bennun and co from Somethin Else in a packed lunchtime room. The digest follows, a little belatedly as HQ has been stricken by various…
Here’s a phonebox graffiti spotted recently in West London. The Bullingdon oik who wrote this doesn’t know the value of a good BT phonebox, unlike our friends the Institute Of Telephonic Enumerators (IOTE). The IOTE need your help in mapping BT te…
We’ve been busy thinking of ways for more people to engage with us, so we’re dreaming up a whole new hamper of playful open events to tuck into. Some are starting to happen now including Show and Tell Salons. These encourage people to bring along …