Where did they come from?

Second Chance Arts CIC is a not-for-profit arts-based production company focused on giving work, artists and creatives a second chance.

In world of 24 hour news, quick wins, instant success and fast turnaround, it can feel like giving anything or anyone space to breathe is now redundant.

Two committed arts patrons and culture junkies, Christos and Duncan found themselves too often wondering why that show or event wasn’t a smash hit; why no one has turned that play into a film; or why no one was talking about that exhibition when they couldn’t stop going on about it! As an ex-arts professional, Duncan would so often find himself talking to friends and past colleagues still in the arts and entertainment industry who would consistently talk about creative output not being given a chance to find itself and for others to find it.

Then after years of these discussions, on the way home from seeing a show they both loved they came up with the idea that if no one else was going to give that thing/person a second chance then they bloody well would!

And so welcome to the world of Second Chance Arts!