C3 Festivals 2026
Connect, Listen, Transform
Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 April 2026 | Capital City College, Holloway
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 creative partnerships with other organisations, 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?
"Anyone, literally anyone, can come see a C3 show and love what they see." - Company Three member
Check out our digital work
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 guest performances by Write Back and ZooNation, and a series of podcasts and monologues that you can watch at home.
Plays
Short Films
Festivals Exchange
Digital Work
Programme
Thursday 9 April | 18:00 - 19:30
Friday 10 April | 18:00 - 19:30
Saturday 11 April | Matinee | 15:10 - 16:30
Saturday 11 April | Evening | 18:00 - 19:40
See our visual story for the Saturday 11 April Evening show.
Our special guests
Festivals Exchange performances
For the first time, we’re welcoming two youth arts organisations to perform at C3 Festivals - ZooNation and Write Back.
As well as working with our artists and young people throughout the devising process, ZooNation 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 Friday 10 April (Write Back) and Saturday 11 April matinee (ZooNation).
Finding C3 Festivals
All performances will be at:
Capital City College, Holloway Centre, 444 Camden Rd, London N7 0SP.
Please note that there are various Capital City Colleges across London - C3 Festivals is happening at the Holloway Centre.
Tube: Holloway Road (Piccadilly Line), Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line)
Buses: 21, 29, 17, 91, 253, 259, 88, 214. The closest bus stops are Caledonian Road (S), Hillmarton Road (K), Camden Road (G), Greenwood Centre (KH), Chambers Road (L), and Hilldrop Road (J).
Access information
All performances at C3 Festivals are Relaxed. See our Visual Stories for more information:
Visual Story for Thursday 09 April
Visual Story for Friday 10 April
Visual Story for Saturday 11 April Matinee
Visual Story for Saturday 11 April Evening
The space is on the ground floor and wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible bathroom on the same level as the performance.
Ticket Pricing and Donations
At Company Three, we believe that teenagers’ stories and ideas deserve to be heard and celebrated. That’s why we run public events like C3 Festivals.
To ensure our programme remains free for young people to join, we rely on a combination of donations and ticket sales. None of our shows make a profit and every penny goes back into the work.
We work hard to keep our ticket prices as low as possible, by:
Heavily discounting our tickets.
Keeping our ticket prices at £5 and £10, and encouraging a donation on top of this for those who are able to.
Saving any free tickets for our young people’s supporters.
By paying for your ticket or adding a donation to your order, you are directly supporting our work with Islington teenagers. Your support ensures we can keep our doors open, our ticket prices low, and programme events like C3 Festivals happening.
Digital Work.
Filmed monologues and 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.
C3 Festivals Team
Angie Peña-Arenas - Producer
Audrey Corno - Facilitator - 'Say No More'
Camila Robinson-Rodriguez - Facilitator - '24!'
Christian Alifoe - Facilitator 'The Market of Entirety' and Vocal Coach and Facilitator 'How did we get here?'
Eleanor Manners - Vocal Coach 24!
Gisela Mulindwa - Set and Costume Designer
Gabi Spiro - C3 Exchange & Relationships Producer / Runner
Ibrahim Sesay - Facilitator 'The Reset'
Manny Brown - Access Support - 'Say No More' and '24!'
Mariana Aristizábal Pardo - Director of 'The Reset'
Matt Neubauer - Production Manager
Nick Bankiyan-Monfard - Sound Designer
Niquelle LaTouche - Exchange support
Nuna Sandy - C3 Artistic Director / Director of '24!'
Perihaan Khan - C3 Administrator / Runner
Ren Liberta - Lighting Designer / Technician
Rosie Yadid - Vocal Coach
Ros Terry - C3 Executive Director
Shivone Dominguez Blascikova - Vocal Coach and Facilitator 'When I Grow Down' (678 Thurs Group)
Stan Hodgson - Resident Artist / Director 'When I Grow Down' and 'Say No More'
Vivi Wei - Stage Manager
Yael Elisheva - Resident Artist / Director 'The Market of Entirety' and 'How did we get here?'
Zackiyaah Deen - R&D Facilitator for ‘Say No More’
All photography by Alicia Clarke.
