A massive day today with MPs, change makers and young people raising the profile of systemic shifts needed in policy and practice. Exhausted but happy to be welcomed in as part of this brilliant community!

Last week we were busy in rehearsals for Unsolicited. Can’t wait to bring this to you!!! #misogyny

Wonderful day today sharing children’s stories with other professionals all focused on making things better for children with a parent in prison.

A great morning planning our interactive workshop taking children’s voices straight to the change makers! Children who experience parental incarceration and change makers! 8 Hours There and Back 2025 tour! @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @tnlcomfund.bsky.social

The only public performance of 8 Hours There and Back is on 27th March @salforduni.bsky.social ! Book tickets now! www.fatsoma.com/e/hs3rt93q/8...

Taking children’s voices to the people they told us need to hear their story! Prison officers, police, social workers, teachers, MPs are all going to bear witness to these children’s experiences! @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

2025 "8 Hours There and Back" tour announcement! thanks to @tnlcomfund.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and our partners for making sure children's voices are listened to! #prisons #children #change

Announcing greatness as we set sail again on the sea of misogyny!

We have the most exciting tour venues for our next phase tour for 8 Hours There and Back. We can’t wait to share with you the eight sets of audiences that are full of change makers! This is proving to be our most ambitious work ever! #prisons #children #impact #change

Invites are out! Thanks to all who applied and your passion for the project. Keep an eye on socials for future opps x

“People end up in prison for all sorts of reasons. Who they hang around with, where they grow up. And some just make a mistake. Not all people who go to prison are bad people.” The words of the kids we interviewed for 8 Hours hits so hard as we watch #24HoursinPoliceCustody. Poor family.

📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

8 Hours There and Back returns this year to more venues and more audiences, raising awareness and provoking change!

Cast announcement: @alexsymington.bsky.social will be joining 8 Hours There and Back 2025 tour. “I’m so excited to be apart of this show, it is an absolute honour to be able to share these stories and the lived experiences of the children. Time to do it justice!” 👏👏👏

New Wolsey Theatre Scratch Night call out. Deadline to apply Friday 17 January #ipswich #suffolk #theatresky www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/artist-relat...

A shout out to let you know that the script submissions window is now open at @mercurytheatre.bsky.social. Details here 👇🏾 www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/taking-part/...

Thank you everyone and see you in the new year ❤️

ACTOR CALL OUT: see www.allthingsconsideredtheatre.co.uk/callout for all the details! Wonderful women we need you x

Delighted to have the work and importantly the partnership with @lornabrookes recognised! We continue next year to continue shouting for reform about children with a parent in prison!

Croxteth Speaks was a multi disciplinary arts project exploring role models, placemaking and young peoples concerns and celebrations about their local community. youtu.be/OzLt8OyGHxM

@shabanaMahmood on @bbc this morning talking about building more prisons. We know that the system needs reforming. That rehabilitation should sit at the heart but we hope that the children and families have been considered in these new builds. A visitors centre that is friendly, warm 🧵

Looking ahead to my second festive season without mum, and reflecting on working with @emmabramley.bsky.social to develop ‘Wake Up, Maggie!’ for @allthingstheatre.bsky.social.

Past work: "Sleepover" celebrating the best things about being a teenager, a chance to be 15 one more time and a chance to consider what your teenage self would think of you now (plus some MD20/20, Bros, Just17, New Kids on the Block and Forever!) youtu.be/AA3at9Xp2fY

Here's an opportunity for theatre workers who are looking to turbo charge their career. MGCfutures has announced a new round of bursary opportunities for those working professionally within the theatre industry or at least 2 years. You can you can apply for up to £5,000.

Great day bashing about the script for the rework of “Unsolicited”! We can’t wait to bring this work back better and stronger. It’s full of song, jokes and beautiful, just rage! #sexism #misogyny #violence

Artist development programme with @headlongtheatre.bsky.social for early career directors from outside of London. Includes £5000 bursary and 12 months of development support. Deadline for applications 10am 27th November. www.headlong.co.uk/origins

Trailer for our current project 8 Hours There and Back. Made in partnership with numerous orgs and loads of children who have all experienced a parent in prison. Next phase touring prisons and unis!

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