Wellspring 2023 Writers' blog Archives - Vital Xposure

Ellie Dunn

Ladies, fellas and gentleTHEMs. I am here, a disabled, part Irish, queer. Allegedly anyway, I could be Swedish. As I type this I’m colouring…

Photo of a short haired South Asian man with stubble wearing a white shirt and grey coat. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Mohit Mathur. Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Mohit Mathur

Four years ago, sitting in a circle in my drama school and reading a play out loud, my heart started racing, all the words…

Em Prendergast

Hello! I’m Emma Prendergast and I am a working-class, writing-focused actor-deviser most recently working as an actor playing Athena in the National Theatre’s The…

Photo of a white androgynous person with short dark hair, pictured on a sand beach, in their wheelchair. They wear black leather clothes and peacefully gaze away from the camera. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Jesse Stone. Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Jesse Stone

Hi, I’m Jesse and I’m a queer crip writer with a passion for telling authentic, complex and joyful stories about trans and disabled people. Through…

Photo of a woman with white skin. Brown/Mousy brown hair tied back. Wearing a black/dark blue top. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Yaz Nin. Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Yaz Nin

I have struggled to navigate my way in this industry since acquiring a disability in 2018. I wanted to join Wellspring so I could…

Black and white photo of a mixed Asian and white young woman with brown hair and brown eyes,. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Sophia Wai Yee Ginsburg. Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Sophia Wai Yee Ginsburg

Hello, my name is Sophia Wai Yee Ginsburg. Here is where I would usually explain more about who I am, but I am sick…

Emma Dawson

I’m Emma Dawson, a playwright and prose writer, who enjoys writing about neurodivergent and queer characters, dysfunctional families, and everything that I think is…