Michelle Sewell

Just finished 2 great weeks R&D adaptation of #Pygmalion for @hack_theatre With @MSewell90 writer,@HanaKeegan director and @TomCurteis producer. Feel really satisfied AND I got these lovely flowers. Great way to start TGIF

Shoutout to Team #Eliza, R&D day 9! We've been experimenting over Zoom with the fantastic @sarah_gordy & @hanapascal on writer @MSewell90's in-progress adaptation of Bernard Shaw's #Pygmalion from the perspective of a woman with a disability. Great work, team! #digital #theatre

Well done team #Eliza! We’ve reached the end of week 1 of our R&D with writer @MSewell90 actor @sarah_gordy, director @hanapascal, and it has been a brilliant process so far- so much learnt so far, can’t wait to get going again next week!

Have you seen these powerful monologues yet? 1. @rioterwriter's Are We, adapted from @DeanAtta's I Come From 2. @athenastevens's De Profundis Femme, adapted from Oscar Wilde 3. @SeanWaiKeung's Jade Emperor myth 4. @theKokoBrown's On Joy, adapted from Audre Lorde #UNMUTE

@MurdockMusings Your #UNMUTE interview features quite a bit of discussion around mindfulness, and you lead the audience through a really great meditation exercise! When did you first become involved with mindfulness, and has it been important in how you approach your art?

@MurdockMusings Your #UNMUTE interview features quite a bit of discussion around mindfulness, and you lead the audience through a really great meditation exercise! When did you first become involved with mindfulness, and has it been important in how you approach your art?

Next up - @MurdockMusings: When you chatted with us for #UNMUTE, you made a lot of really valid points about wellbeing, that the point of the #lockdown being to stay healthy, not to be productive. Do you think this sentiment has really hit home in the arts & people you know?

TODAY 10am | #UNMUTE: Australian comedian @JamColley joins us to discuss how #lockdown is going, and the challenges facing comedy right now. Such as how to find humour and create laughter during a global pandemic? Tune in here: hacktheatre.co.uk/unmute #comedy

LIVE IN ONE HOUR 👉 Michelle Sewell from @hack_theatre joins us for a live interview on Instagram at 1pm to discuss UNMUTE, a project discerning how we can work towards inclusivity in the arts. 🙌 @MSewell90 voicemag.uk/event/7609/ins…

In #UNMUTE next week, join London-based theatre-maker @theKokoBrown, who shares how she's found ways to adapt and navigate as an artist during #covid, techniques for looking after wellbeing and how she has been creative during #lockdown hacktheatre.co.uk/unmute #inclusion

TODAY 10am | #UNMUTE: @theKokoBrown, a spoken word artist & theatre-maker chatted with us about staying creative and adapting to the pandemic. Koko also shares her incredible adaptation of Audre Lorde's 'Your silence will not protect you' Tune in here 👉hacktheatre.co.uk/unmute

Q3: @theKokoBrown When we chatted you made important points about artists' wellbeing during COVID, that you have to 'treat yourself like you would treat your best friend', and we couldn't agree more. Do you think mental health is now more on people's radars in the arts? #UNMUTE

There are loads of simple ways to make your work more accessible. I posted a few tips here: twitter.com/theKokoBrown/s… There are also loads of cheaper alternatives like making captions using PowerPoint and a monitor. But mainly, THINK ABOUT $$$ FOR ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE BEGINNING

Well, obviously, #IMayDestroyYou by @MichaelaCoel is big inspiration for a lot of us right now. I've also been reading The @breakbeatpoets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic and re-reading #Nepantla which has an amazing selection of delicious poems.