Mouth-Off 2.05: Uprising – The Fight for Democracy and Identity

UPRISING was first performed in 2015, commissioned by The Project Space in Newport and produced by Forget-Me-Not Productions. It was a multimedia, site-specific performance exploring political disenfranchisement, media control, and class struggle, drawing from Newport’s Chartist history and the social climate leading up to the 2015 general election. Through live music, immersive theatre, and audience participation, it questioned who really holds power and how democracy is manipulated.

A decade later, in 2025, this Mouth-Off episode revisits UPRISING—through its original music, propaganda-inspired soundscapes, and interviews reflecting on its themes in today’s political landscape. The episode dissects the show’s key moments:

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • Theme music: Intro and Outro by Clary Saddler
  • Featuring: Winning the Rat Race, Rise Together, Paint the Walls – all created with Suno AI
  • Since I Started - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Simha the Man - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Rexx Final Beat - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Red Eyes - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Always Dreaming - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Ryan Jones - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • The Mind Sweepers - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Martin Rose - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Living Pulse - No copyright (Wondershare Filmora library)
  • Talkin' Bout a Revolution (Live Loop version) – written by Tracy Chapman
  • All I Want is Change – written by Clary Saddler
  • Global Chaos – written by Clary Saddler & Jay Bradley-Hoffman (Ruby Shoes)
  • Start a Riot – Breyan Isaac, Jared Lee, Collins Obinna Chibueze, Alec Appoloni (DUCKWRTH & Shaboozy)
  • The Power – written by Michael Münzing & Luca Anzilotti (SNAP!)
  • Frontier Psychiatry – written by Darren Seltmann & Robbie Chater (The Avalanches)
  • Masses Against the Classes (spoken word intro) – by Noam Chomsky
  • Spoken Word “here we see some very recent…” – taken from Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
  • Generation X Y Q – written by Clary Saddler
  • Pixabay – free SFXs
  • Old Man Isca – music & melody from Ole Man River (Oscar Hammerstein II), lyrics rewritten by an anonymous vox pop interviewee
  • Uprising VO Instrumental – written by Clary Saddler
  • Global Chaos (outro sample) – written by Simon Lewis (Corporate Christ)
  • Some Narration VOs - created with Vocloner
  • Cast: Shevaughn Georgiou, Clary Saddler, Jay Bradley-Hoffman
  • Vox Pops interviewee: Jay Bradley-Hoffman and Paul Bradley-Hoffman

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