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Profile photo of a woman in her late 20s with brown, curly hair and blue eyes looking straight into the camera lens. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Ellie Dunn Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Ellie Dunn

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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 a white bin I got from Ikea with a felt tip pen, it’s easing my anxiety despite being the most…
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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

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Four years ago, sitting in a circle in my drama school and reading a play out loud, my heart started racing, all the words were moving. No matter how much I focused, I couldn’t get them in order. A week later, I was diagnosed with severe…
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A light brown petite female, Detective Shade, in a tight spot. She stares wide-eyed up into the grim faces of three dark clothed characters, emerging from the dark. They are shoulder to shoulder, all focused on Shade. At the bottom small white letters read: Quiet Rebels 2022. Photo by Rehan Jamil.

Join our Board

For over ten years, we have been creating and touring work informed by stories from hidden and unheard voices. We are now expanding and testing new ground. Based in London, we have national reach and, with a programme of examination, experimentation…
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Profile photo of Em, who has shoulder length brown hair, a large smile and warm face. They are wearing a scoop necked navy top. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Em Prendergast. Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Em Prendergast

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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 Odyssey, a project that featured over 160 community artists! I am interested…
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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

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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 Wellspring, I am developing a play about queer crip sex and relationships, navigating…
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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

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I have struggled to navigate my way in this industry since acquiring a disability in 2018. I wanted to join Wellspring so I could write a full length play with support and encouragement. I needed this support not only regarding the craft…
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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

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Hello, my name is Sophia Wai Yee Ginsburg. Here is where I would usually explain more about who I am, but I am sick of using identity terms this week (Sometimes I just feel like a category, a set of boxes ticked “diversity”…can you…
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Profile photo of a white woman with multi-coloured eyes and dark blonde straight / slightly wavy hair a few inches beyond her shoulders smiles and leans towards the camera. Text in shades of dark red and orange reads: Wellspring 2023 - Writers' Blog. Emma Dawson Bottom: company logos of Vital Xposure, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Theatre503, Arts Council England, City Bridge Trust and National Lottery Community Fund.

Emma Dawson

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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 deeply bizarre about the world, from marriage, to the housing crisis, to office…
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A brown older bearded male dressed in a natty grey red tartan jacket, a bright red shirt and battered brown trilby. A tall white young female with blonde hair. She is wearing a stylish green coat and a red and green patterned headscarf. They are clutching hands, staring openly into each other's eyes and grinning broadly. Text at the bottom reads: Quiet Rebels tour 2022. Photo by Rehan Jamil.Rehan Jamil

Be Vital Xposure’s new Artistic Lead!

Are you interested in experimentation and trying out new ways of working? Are you interested in making change and removing barriers? Do you want to create and collaborate?   We want to work with an ambitious, collaborative…
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