Summer 1977. I was 16. The Labour government was on the rocks. The Nazi National Front was on the rise. Life in London was like an old black and white film – stuttering. Washed out. Bleak.

Then Punk Rock exploded on the scene. Everything changed. My life changed. Forever.

Part documentary, part musical journey and part coming of age tale, Punk Days is the story of a mixed race, working-class kid growing up in 1970’s London, plagued by racism, poverty and social conformity who finds hope, freedom and identity in the noise and rebellion of Punk Rock and the fight against fascism.

 

There is no future
In England’s dreaming
Don’t be told what you want to want to
And don’t be told what you want to need. There’s no future, no future
No future for you.

 

From 4pm
Together Alliance: stalls and conversations

Punk and political archive: introduced by Hassan Mahamdallie. Grow the PUNK DAYS archive – bring your own memorabilia, share your thoughts and memories to a national archive to be housed at Bishopsgate Institute

6pm PUNK DAYS

7.30pm Post show discussion

 

DERVISH PRODUCTIONS Instagram / DERVISH PRODUCTIONS Website

If you have any access requirements, please contact our box office team on 020 7613 7498 or email