The Women’s Support Centre in Surrey and the Trustees of The Lightbox would like to invite you to attend this year’s Zoom opening of ‘New Beginnings’ – an award scheme that encourages women whose lives have been impacted by the Criminal Justice System to express themselves through art. This thought-provoking and moving exhibition will showcase the artistic talent of women who use the Women’s Support Centre, as well as women in Surrey prisons.

This year’s theme is ‘Looking through a different lens’

Date - Tuesday 20 October 2020


We will be launching the virtual exhibition at this event and the real live exhibition is available to view at The Lightbox Tuesday 20th October – Sunday 29th November

https://www.thelightbox.org.uk/womens-support-centre-awards-2020

Women's Support Centre Surrey

https://www.womenssupportcentresurrey.org.uk/

Some of the work leading up to the event has been led by Professor Charlotte Scott head of Shakespeare studies at #Goldsmiths  #UniversityofLondon and #cofounder of Shakespeare in Italy and #actressMaryChater in conjunction with #WomeninPrison.org.uk and #Womenssuportentresurrey.org.uk

Our Associate Director Bill Alexander continues his brilliant series of blogs on Rehearsing Shakespeare here focusing on particular plays and in this edition - Twelfth Night and the sea captain - the importance of the role in setting up the plot and actioning the text. 

'Professor Pennington's Wife' written by drama teacher Sarah McCormack has been judged best play in our Decameronesque Short Play Writing Competition. 

Women in Prison - The Mayor of Woking's Charity 2019/20

www.womeninprison.org.uk  - London, Manchester and Woking

Our digital fringe festival is linking up to the Letters Live #ReadALetter project. Contributors are being asked to write a letter from a Shakespeare character or a character inspired by one of his plays and then read it online with members of the company on Tuesday at 4pm. It is open to all and recordings of all the letters will be sent to the project. If the writer/contributor does not want to read the letter themselves then one of our members will read it for them.