Much Needed Voices

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Women's Prize for Playwriting. 1169 plays were submitted in March, 70 were longlisted and 35 have made it to the shortlist. bit.ly/3kByiYK We will be announcing the finalists and winners in the autumn.

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This is so so so important! Listen, share. Thank you @stratfordeast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/846…

Recommendations for #LGBTQ books: stylist.co.uk/books/best-lgb…

To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic. #SaveTheArts

To all professionals in the film, television, theatre, entertainment & arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text & post a pic.#SaveTheArtsUK

A total legend. RIP Earl Cameron.

Food from the diaspora - cookbook raising money for #BAME #COVID__19 families by @riazphillips: standard.co.uk/go/london/rest…

The problem with #CancelCulture by @Ayishat_Akanbi: scroll.in/video/950759/s…

Black women are routinely erased from public memory and historical narratives of resistance. Here’s a quick thread of Black British Female activists you probably didn’t know about. 🖤

Interesting piece on removing the ethnicity filters on #Grindr by @Otamere in @BritishGQ: gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/arti…

Netflix & Amazon Poised For Meetings With #BAME TV Task Force: deadline.com/2020/07/bame-t…

“Please start your video by introducing yourself with your first name and what you do. Then say a bit about your career/what you do and also how the pandemic and the crisis in the theatre industry is impacting on you, 2 minutes max please”. @facesoftheatre

Open letter in @standardnews from @MunroeBergdorf to @Baroness_Nichol: standard.co.uk/comment/commen… #BlackTransLivesMatter

Tributes flood in for Louis Mahoney: standard.co.uk/news/uk/fawlty…

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 👑 And the FIRST Black AUTHOR to win it let alone Black WOMAN since the prize BEGAN in 1994? Sorry for all the caps but what are you telling meee #Nibbies

Pictures from #BlackTransLivesMatter in London yesterday: theguardian.com/society/galler…

#Pride 2020: Crowds fill London streets in celebration of LGBTQ+ community #BLM #BlackTransLivesMatter: standard.co.uk/news/uk/pride-…

“There is something about constantly feeling like the observer or the outsider.” @IamSandraOh in @StylistMagazine: stylist.co.uk/people/killing…

Wimbledon chiefs quizzed over lack of #BAME representation at boardroom level: metro.co.uk/2020/06/26/wim…