Draft:Reggie Adams

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'. and is the policy advisor to The Humanist Party. Political Humanism is a post-Utilitarian 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, Conway Hall , and the London School of Economics 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. He is standing as an independent candidate for the 2024 general election in the Bethnal Green & Stepney constituency

Reggie Adams' plays include An Interview With Gaddafi which had a four week run at The Waterloo East Theatre in June 2014. 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 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 with his band 'Strut'. He is currently on the London live music scene under the name Reggie Steadygo on lead vocal, Hammond Organ, Harmonicas and Saxophone and he hosts a regular Sunday Night Jam at his pub The Marquis of Cornwallis in Bethnal Green.