- Producer: Anna Kronenburg
- Artist: Hayli Kincade
The first iteration of The Protest Songbook is being delivered as part of ‘This Place, This Stage’, a three-year creative and cultural programme (2025–2028) designed to put children and young people at the heart of Knowsley's cultural future.
Since June 2026 we have been working with three Knowsley schools - St Marie’s Catholic Primary School, The Prescot School and Kirkby Church of England Primary School - to explore and perform existing protest songs and to write new ones considering what positive change the children and young people would like to see in their communities and beyond.
Led by professional musicians including Hayli Kincade, the choirs and bands are exploring the power that music and creativity has to galvanise communities and promote positive change.
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This Place, This Stage is a three-year creative programme that puts children and young people centre stage in Knowsley's cultural future. It is an Arts Council England-supported Place Partnership delivered by Adlib, Heart of Glass, Kirkby Gallery, Knowsley Council, Make CIC and Shakespeare North Playhouse.
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