Public Interest

Are we really all innocent until proven guilty?

Public Interest is an ambitious large-scale show that asks how we challenge the narratives spun about young working-class people in 2025. Part music video, part-political theatre, the show is created for Bradford 2025 by Common/Wealth and premieres at Loading Bay, a new pop-up venue in the heart of the city.

Public Interest confronts racist and classist discrimination within the justice system by exploring real-life cases of Joint Enterprise, a legal doctrine used to charge and convict people who may have played no direct part in a crime. A cast of rappers and DJs tell their stories on their own terms using drill, grime and bassline – the very music so often weaponised against them.

Staged in the basement of a disused city-centre warehouse, and featuring projections, cinematic lighting and basslines you can feel in your bones, Public Interest is a vital and vivid call to action. Are you listening?

Loading Bay is a brand new pop-up arts venue in Bradford City Centre for Bradford 2025.

Join us on Duke Street as we bring a true Bradford 2025 buzz to the heart of the city.

Learn about Joint Enterprise and hear directly from those impacted at ‘In Their Own Words: JENGbA Report Launch’.

Saturday 15 March
Common Space, 1-3 John Street Bradford BD1 3JT
3-6pm