The ugly face of austerity: Damien Molony (Jason), Lucian Msamati (McDonald) Play: If you don’t let us dream, we won’t let you sleep Theatre: Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Playwright: Anders Lustgarten Review by Julie Tomlin The sense of unrelenting hopelessness described to me by a Greek woman about her homeland recently was fresh in… Continue reading If you don’t let us dream, we won’t let you sleep

This annual global festival, championed by the Southbank Centre’s artistic director Jude Kelly, celebrates women’s achievements and discusses the obstacles they face across the world. The schedule includes a world exclusive premier of a documentary on the award-winning African-American author Alice Walker, Sarah Brown on campaigning, power, and communicating effectively, Julia Hobsbawm, businesswoman and Media… Continue reading Women of the World Festival

The Writing Platform Bursary, supported by the NALD Futures Fund, is designed to support inter-disciplinary learning and collaboration between writers and technologists. The fund will support two one-off bursaries of £3000. Each bursary will be allocated to a project team, consisting of one writer and one technologist, who will work on a jointly-conceived digital literature… Continue reading The Writing Platform bursary

Earlier this month Tate Modern hosted Silver Action, an interactive concept created by artist Suzanne Lacey to get older female activists to share their stories via digital platforms. Despite attracting over 400 women, an impressive feat, less than a sprinkling were from black and minority ethnic and working class backgrounds. Julie Tomlin, who was there,… Continue reading Where’s the action?

Play: Feast Theatre: Young Vic Playwrights: Yunior García Aguilera, Rotimi Babatunde, Marcos Barbosa, Tanya Barfield and Gbolahan Obisesan Review by Joy Francis When you scan the menu, Feast offers theatrical gastronomy, steeped in West Africa’s Yoruba history, to tantalise the senses. This swan song from the London 2012 World Stages season has five young playwrights… Continue reading Feast

Our writer-in-waiting has been on the Royal Court Theatre’s Critical Mass Programme, Invitation and Super Groups and has been informally attached to the Clean Break Theatre. She has had rehearsed readings of her plays at the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, Young Vic, Young Actors Theatre and Tristan Bates Theatre.

If you don’t let us dream, we won’t let you sleep With an impressive cast, including Lucian Msamati, Meera Syal, Daniel Kendrick and Susan Brown, this timely play by Anders Lustgarten challenges the current political concept of austerity head on by exploring its core ethos and provides an alternative. The play is part of the… Continue reading If you don’t let us dream, we won’t let you sleep

Fourteen full time, 12 month accredited work-based placements in heritage management are available. Part of the Strengthening Our Common Life (SOCL) by nurturing heritage skills, these bursary supported traineeships enable trainees achieve the QCF Level 3 diploma in cultural heritage. The scheme is hosted by a consortium of 14 leading heritage organisations in London, Bristol,… Continue reading Heritage management bursaries

Equal Writes is looking for short scenes and monologues of three to 10 minutes long focusing on women, women’s stories or women in situations not presently represented on UK stages. Scenes can be for up to five actors, male and female, playing age 16 and above. A big driver for this initiative is the fact… Continue reading Equal Writes call for short plays

Wasafiri, the quarterly magazine for contemporary international literature, is looking for someone with a proven interest in international literature, culture and arts to blog for its website. The ideal candidate will be someone who can write in an engaging manner about topics and themes that feature in Wasafiri. This is a paid position, with at… Continue reading Wasafiri seeks blogger