Cough. Cough! Sorry its been a while, almost a year in fact! But we have an Announcement to make Waiting in the Dark will be performing their final staged rehearsed reading of Constance and Kelly by Laura McCluskey @bloomsburyfest stay in tune as we announce our cast #ConstanceAndKelly

She was a voice before her time, a rebel and a trail blazer. Quite frankly just a #badasswoman She's also been newly cast in our production of Constance and Kelly. But who will be our Constance Markievicz? Duh Duh Duh... #constanceAndKelly #womenintheatre

Constance Markievicz was not a Clumsy, Mumsy with a succession of statement hair cuts to rival the best... We know! But our very own Ray Malone Ray Malone is all those things & a transformative actor to boot- so you literally wont be able to tell the difference. Welcome Ray 🙌

Now you may be think but whose Kelly? Whose Kelly! We'll tell you whose Kelly- @RoxyNL Roxanna Nic Liam thats who! With lethal talent, her acting could kill a horse (no horses have been harmed in the making of this production... not yet) Presenting This Irish myth of a women 🍀

Waiting in the Dark is collaborating again with the fantastic graduates from Clean Break working alongside these beautiful and talent women is what we are all about! 💜💚💜💚

But where you may ask?! Where is this melting pot of today’s social injustice with the voice of four-mothers ✊🇨🇮💚 It’s here : @bloomsburyfest ow.ly/6CVy30m43fj

We are all looking like this.... Serious. because we are serious women. making art, init! ONE WEEK TO GO! Keep updated on how we are getting on with being very serious!

"Wasn’t old enough to go in pubs but ‘Scumbag’- my ex - he ran the place, so . . . (shrugs). Said he’d help me get goin’ with the singin’. Get goin’ with the drugs more like it. . . So, I kinda lost the singin’ for a while." - Kelly 2018 youtube.com/watch?v=7CYE0D…

Look forward to getting back in saddle and being reunited with our flash, fresh & fierce females Ray Malone @RoxyNL we are coming at you @bloomsburyfest #constanceandKelly. Bring on Sunday rehearsals. Thats how serious we are! #sundayfunday

Day 2 of rehearsals @bloomsburyfest #MondayMotivation “When your just trying something & the director says stick to the script” #constanceandKelly

It’s show day tomorrow kids! This is us throwing ourselves into rehearsals yesterday. If you want to come and see what this is all about click here: thebloomsbury.com/event/run/1801…

The prevalence of brain injury among both for women & men in prison is shockingly high (~65%) But while the cause of brain injuries among men in prison is varied, brain injuries among women in prison are almost always the result of male violence theguardian.com/society/2019/f…

Lyra's "Letter to my 14 year old self", about growing up gay in Belfast, went viral in 2014 and was made into this short film youtu.be/sEscGI7VTXY

Fab x

URGENT: on Wednesday the Chancellor will announce his plans for the next stages of the UK economic recovery. Don't let him forget our arts and culture. Add your name to the PCA letter. campaignforthearts.org/letter/ #ForTheArts

A brilliant woman with a brilliant idea for a project - do get in touch with her.

If you see me out and about Edinburgh Festival Fringe don't be nervous about saying hello and telling me about your show. I don't bite.

To any performers w disabilities, this is a really positive looking project by BBC #CallOut #Disability #diversity bbc.co.uk/careers/traine…

Beautiful day in London! While everyone is away in #Edfringe, has anybody got any theatre recs for London? Do share!

Happy belated #WorldPoetryDay. 👌🏻suli breaks / solomon open.spotify.com/track/5kmdNhCD…