Rebel Resistors Radio Club

Action Hero’s international participatory project Rebel Resistors Radio Club asks deep and profound questions in a playful and accessible way: where are we heading? Where is power held? How will we share space together in an uncertain world? We were delighted to bring their work to Mile Cross Primary School in Norwich.

Working with Action Hero’s Gemma Painton, girls were supported to self-build analogue radios and broadcast their personal manifestos for the emerging world, building a global clandestine network of girls, tooled up for the future they will inherit.

Stepping into their power and controlling not just what they say, but how they are heard, they create a post-digital, pirate social network that transcends digital technologies and imagines a future that belongs to them.

Opportunity for a Great Yarmouth Primary School

Rebel Resistors Radio Club is returning to Norfolk in 2025 and there is the opportunity for a primary school in or around Great Yarmouth to take part. Working with a group of Year 6 girls for a week in late March, this is a unique and exciting opportunity for girls to explore STEM subjects and creative writing. The project will culminate in an exhibition of pupils’ work during the Norfolk & Norwich Festival this May.

Download the project brief here

For any questions and to register your interest contact David Stothard – Connect & Create Senior Manager – on david.stothard@nnfestival.org.uk

Artist

Action Hero

Location

Norwich & Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Participants

Year 6 girls from Mile Cross Primary School & a Great Yarmouth Primary School