Scratch Night No.9: SEXploration
The Pleasance Theatre
The Writers' Corner presents SEXploration; this scratch night explores stories about sex and sensuality from seven emerging female writers from the African and Caribbean diaspora.
After two sold out, in person events at ACE Hackney in East London and several online scratch nights, we are now delighted to be hosting our first ever event at The Pleasance Theatre. During the night there will be different black owned businesses on site; you will get the chance to taste some delicious baked goods from Fill Bakery and buy some lovely, unique accessories from Quote Bags.
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Writers: Winnie Arhin, Laetitia Somé, Aaliyah McLaughlin, Stephanie Tykeya, Khadijah Hayden, Kabira Imona & Juley-Ann Smith
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Scratch Night No.7: Spotlight on writers from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora
ACE Hackney
For the last year we have hosted online scratch night events and we are VERY excited to share with you that we are hosting our first ever IN PERSON EVENT!
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The theme of the night is celebrating writers from the African and Caribbean diaspora and during the show you will see short extracts, all in early stages of development, performed by some amazingly talented actors! During the night you will get the chance to buy delicious baked goods by Fill Bakery; a black owned, 100% vegan bakery that operates as a social enterprise that dedicates a portion of its profits to tackling food poverty.
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Writers: Adrian Decosta, Moses Ssebandeke, Stephanie Tykeya, Winnie Arhin, Edd Murako & Laetitia Somé
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Scratch Night No.8: LOVING IN COLOUR
ACE Hackney
The Writers' Corner presents LOVING IN COLOUR; this scratch night is dedicated to stories about love and its varying forms in life. All the scripts are created by writers from the global majority.
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Each of our scratch nights have a theme; we have had nights dedicated to celebrating writer- performers, writers over 40, creatives from the African and Caribbean diaspora, to name a few. The theme of this night is LOVE and its varying forms in life. You'll see short pieces reflect this concept and they are all in early stages of development. The night will be hosted by the photographer and founder of Winning and Worthy, Tajinder Kaur.
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Writers: Lamesha Ruddock, Winnie Arhin, Pooja Sivarama, John Olorun & Nicole Abraham
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