Graeae Theatre Company. "Reasons To Be Cheerful". A social change platform for original Protest Songs, created by people across the UK. In association with the Reasons to be Cheerful 2017 UK Tour. Find out more about this campaign by clicking here.
‘What matters is that the ‘song’ is yours and it expresses how you feel about something that matters to you. If it matters to you, chances are it will matter to others too.’
John Kelly (Reasons to be Cheerful cast member)
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Featured Song
It Starts With Us by Sing For A Change with Kris Halpin and Sarah Fisher, London
Change by Mencap Liverpool with Kris Halpin, Liverpool |
Music Brings Us Together by Young Dada with Kris Halpin, Liverpool | Liars Reign by Sam Castell-Ward, London |
No Problem by Raymond Lesley, Derbyshire | Love Is Love by Plus One, Derby |
No Fear by One Community Choir with Kris Halpin and Sarah Fisher, Southampton | It’s OK To Be Different by Combination Groups from No Limits with Kris Halpin and Sarah Fisher, Southampton |
We Want The World by The Enterprise Club with Kris Halpin, Coventry | Hear Our Voice by Arts Gym with Kris Halpin and Sarah Fisher, Coventry |
Pay Day by The Beat Band, London | The Revolution Didn’t Happen. Yet by Talus Bones, London |
Song for the Ages by Paul Monks, North Warwickshire | You Can’t Kill The Spirit by Paddy Ladd, Jade Anouka, Suzie Hance & Chris Bartholomew, Bristol |
This Wheel Is Broken by Katherine Fear, Warwickshire | My Conservation Song by Vivien Richardson and Friends, Leicestershire |
Not so Great Britain by Kylie Barton, Southampton | Without Us by Sonic Vistas, Hertfordshire |
England, You Are A Sinking Ship by Kris Halpin, West Midlands | Government Cold by Frederick Fred, London |
Battle of Whitehall by Rockinpaddy, London | Which Side Are You On by Rockinpaddy, London |