Nsection-Wellspring 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…

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…

White letters on black background read 'Wellspring Writers' Blog'. Below is a framed portrait photo of a woman of Iranian, Iraqi and Polish heritage in her early 30's. She has curly hair, brown eyes and round cheeks. She is wearing a cream blouse with little grey flowers on it and blue trousers. In the background, there is a theatre light focused in the direction of the viewer. Below the photo, the name Lilac Yosiphon is written in white letters.

Lilac Yosiphon

When I was a kid, writing was an activity that came very natural to me. I wrote poetry and prose, monologues and journals and…

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Carmen D’ Cruz

Hi there! I’m Carmen D’Cruz, just your typical average queer, brown, neurodiverse, gender fluid, drag performing playwright from a council estate in South London.…

White letters on black background read 'Wellspring Writers' Blog'. Underneath a framed portrait photo of a white, blonde, 30 something woman. She laughs at something just off camera. She wears a white top and her hair up on a messy bun. Underneath the photo, the name Gabrielle MacPherson is written in white letters.

Gabrielle MacPherson

In true icebreaker / first-day-in-rehearsals style, let’s play truths and a lie: I am a proud working-class, chips-cheese-and-gravy-loving, disabled artist, from the North of…

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Paula Brett

During our lock-in weekend, I pulled Simon Startin into a virtual Zoom room and asked him: “You know that assumed modern-day-normal-world that a lot…