Meet our Wellspring 2023 Cohort!

A composite photo of eight headshots of people with various characteristics: short and long hair, of blonde and brown colour. They all look to the camera and smile.

We are thrilled to announce the Wellspring 2023 Writers!

Welcome to Emma, Ellie, Sophia, Aisling, Mohit, Yaz, Em and Jesse.

An amazing cohort of disabled, d/Deaf and Neurodivergent artists with the energy, inspiration and vision to make their mark in theatre, with narratives we have not yet seen on stage, and characters that have new stories to tell about our world.

Read more about their work and interests.

The Writers embarked on their Wellspring journey earlier this month at Paines Plough, with workshops led by Katie Posner, Paines Plough’s Joint Artistic Director, and Guy Jones, Associate Director at the Orange Tree Theatre.

Group photo of the Wellspring training. Six people sit around a table looking to the right of the camera and smiling. Note pads, colourful pens and papers, biscuits and mugs are on the table.

The Wellspring 2023 Writers working with Guy Jones, Associate Director of Orange Tree Theatre.

The training continues in the coming weeks with a series of masterclasses with partners and tutors – an excitingly busy summer for our Wellspring Writers!

Group photo: five of the Wellspring Writers sitting next to each other, smiling at the camera. From left to right: Emma, Ellie, Jesse, Em and Mohit. Emma: A white woman with multi-coloured eyes and dark blonde straight / slightly wavy hair a few inches beyond her shoulders. Ellie: a woman in her late 20s with brown, curly hair and blue eyes. Jesse: a white androgynous person with short dark hair. Em: they have shoulder length brown hair, a large smile and warm face. Mohit: a short haired South Asian man.

Some of the Wellspring 2023 Writers. From left to right: Emma, Ellie, Jesse, Em and Mohit.

Follow their journey with us over the next few months and watch this space as we will be announcing the date for the live showcase event, featuring rehearsed readings of the Writers’ work, soon!

We are proud to be delivering Wellspring in partnership with London theatres acclaimed for championing new writing, Bush Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, and Theatre503 with support from fellow theatre professionals and peers: Camden People’s Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre and BOLD Elephant.

Wellspring is supported with funding from City Bridge Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund supported by players of The National Lottery.

Read more about Wellspring.

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