C3 Festivals 2026
Connect, Listen, Transform
Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 April 2026 | Islington, London
A local festival of creativity and culture, powered by youth voices and big ideas.
Company Three’s annual festival brings together co-created plays, films, podcasts, and Exchanges, connecting young people with the local community and creating space to listen and respond to what matters most to them.
Across one week in April, teenagers from Islington and beyond will share first draft works in a wide range of art forms and approaches.
From everyday life as a teenager in Islington to bold, fantastical worlds of villains and imagined futures, their storytelling transforms experiences into action and change. Are you ready to listen?
Presenting
As well as first-draft plays co-created with our core company, our programme includes films created through our schools ‘Deep Dive’ project, two special guests to performances by Write Back and Zoo Nation, and a series of podcasts and monologues that you can watch at home.
Plays
Short Films
Podcasts
Monologues
Our special guests
Festivals Exchange performances
For the first time, we’re welcoming two youth arts organisations to perform at C3 Festivals - Zoo Nation and Write Back.
As well as working with our artists and young people throughout the devising process, Zoo Nation and Write Back have responded to the themes we’re presenting and have co-created their own original dance and poetry pieces.
You can watch these performances on Thursday 9 (Write Back) and Saturday 11 matinee (Zoo Nation).
Finding C3 Festivals
All performances will be at:
Capital City College, Holloway Centre, 444 Camden Rd, London N7 0SP.
The space is on the ground floor and wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible bathroom on the same level as the performance.
Tube: Holloway Road (Piccadilly Line), Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line)
Buses: 4, 29, 43, 91, 153, 253, 254, 259, 271, 393
All performances at C3 Festivals are Relaxed.
Podcasts.
Hear what local young people would like to say to the world leaders; and what makes them happy, frustrated and proud of who they are.
