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Reggie Adams (born Reginald Martyn Adams 27th January 1966 in Basildon, Essex) is a political philosopher, author, playwright and musician. He is the founder of the political philosophy 'Political Humanism'.[1] and is the policy advisor to The Humanist Party[2]. Political Humanism is a post-Utilitarian[3] position that seeks to design political infrastructure around what 'maximises well-being to people in society'. He has lectured on his thesis at The Ethical Society[4], Conway Hall[5], and the London School of Economics[6] among other places. This thesis is explored in his two books Now Utopia and What The World Needs Now - 12 Essential Reforms For Surviving The 21st Century[7]. He is standing as an independent candidate for the 2024 general election in the Bethnal Green & Stepney constituency[8]

Reggie Adams' plays include An Interview With Gaddafi [9] which had a four week run at The Waterloo East Theatre [10] in June 2014[11]. His musicals include the current West End production of Black Leather Rose - A sixties musical, as well as a number of his other productions within his production company FutureSocialTheatre[12] due for West End debut from 2025 including These Arms Of Mine - The Otis Redding Story, The Goldmine - A Disco Musical, Party Animal - A House Music Musical, and MAYA - A Funk Soul Hip Hopera.

Reggie Adams is a former nightclub owner and manager and creator of the nightclub/restaurant brand The Soul Cafe - Soul Food And Sweet Soul Music.

As a musician he has been a frontman and Hammond player for many years and was once signed to Island Music[13] with his band 'Strut'. He is currently on the London live music scene under the name Reggie Steadygo on lead vocal, Hammond Organ[14], Harmonicas and Saxophone and he hosts a regular Sunday Night Jam[15] at his pub The Marquis of Cornwallis[16] in Bethnal Green.

References

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  1. ^ "Is Utopia within Reach?". Conway Hall. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ "Humanism". thehumanistparty. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ "Utilitarianism", Wikipedia, 2024-06-01, retrieved 2024-06-08
  4. ^ Reggie Adams (2016-07-02). Reggie Adams book talk - Now Utopia. Retrieved 2024-06-08 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Conway Hall". Conway Hall. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  6. ^ Science, London School of Economics and Political (2024-06-13). "LSE Home". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  7. ^ "Political Humanism". Political Humanism. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  8. ^ "Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)", Wikipedia, 2024-06-07, retrieved 2024-06-08
  9. ^ "An Interview with Gaddafi (Waterloo East Theatre)". 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  10. ^ "Waterloo East Theatre | London I England I UK". waterlooeast. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  11. ^ "An interview with Gaddafi - West End Wilma". 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  12. ^ "FUTURE SOCIAL THEATRE". goldminetheatre. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  13. ^ "Island Records UK - Homepage". Island Records. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  14. ^ "Hammond organ", Wikipedia, 2024-05-13, retrieved 2024-06-08
  15. ^ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=marquis%20of%20cornwallis%20sunday%20jam&locale=en_GB
  16. ^ "Log in or sign up to view". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.