Working with Kay Adshead to produce original, innovative, mixed-media performances, responding to world political issues from a female viewpoint.
London, United Kingdom
Joined January 2013
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We are so proud to announce the winners of the Carr-Webber prize 2025 carrwebberprize.org/
Three brilliant women writers
In first place, Cockroach by CLAIRE NELSON.
Our first runner up is Tomorrow by ANN MORGAN
Our second runner up is Tanya by MARGARITA GOKUN SILVER
Crossing No Man’s Land
We sold out at Camden People’s Theatre, the cast of 10 writer/ performers – all women, took it to another level.
Audience Review’s - “So often you go to the theatre and it’s good, but you wonder. why bother actually. This piece felt visionary “Shona Lewis”
Below are details of the first ever performance of Crossing No Man's Land - -
Book here: tickets £8
alexandrapalace.com/.../cros…(Saturday March 8, 7:00-8:30 PM at Alexandra Palace, EAST COURT)
cptheatre.co.uk/whatson/Cros…(Saturday March 15, 9:00-10:30 PM at Camden People's Theatre)
Crossing No Man's Land - Book here
alexandrapalace.com/.../cros… (Saturday March 8, 7:00-8:30 PM at Alexandra Palace, EAST COURT)
cptheatre.co.uk/whatson/Cros… (Saturday March 15, 9:00-10:30 PM at Camden People's Theatre)
Crossing No Man's Land - .
Book here: tickets £8
alexandrapalace.com/.../cros… (Saturday March 8, 7:00-8:30 PM at Alexandra Palace, EAST COURT)
cptheatre.co.uk/whatson/Cros… (Saturday March 15, 9:00-10:30 PM at Camden People's Theatre)
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'I didn't judge that it would be the best use of taxpayers money to pay an expensive compensation bill for something most people knew was happening'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended the Government's decision not to compensate more than 3.5 million WASPI women affected by the increase in the state pension age
bbc.co.uk/news/live/clyx4ej5…
The pictures are from our Women and War workshops -devising dynamic new performance shards for our work in progress sharing -
CROSSING NO MAN’S LAND
Is the planet sleepwalking into World War 3?
Devised in 50 hours by Kay Adshead and Company
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Moving tributes and a final round of applause for the wonderful #JaneyGodley at her Glasgow funeral today. Thinking of her family as they thole their grief. She was much loved.
The pictures are from Women and War workshops, The latest Mama Quilla Mentoring New Women Artists Initiative. Featuring •new writing and performance responding to the brief, Are we sleep walking into World War 3?
Feels more like the entire planet is tilting..
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The world is a more dangerous place this morning.
Trump’s victory is a grave concern for the planet, marginalised communities, refugees and Palestinians trying to survive Israel’s genocide.
We must organise globally and stand in solidarity with those targeted by the awful politics of fear and division — and build an alternative of hope and unity.
MamaQuillaInitiative retweeted
Kemi Badenoch’s politics of fear, hate and division are a danger to us all — particularly the sick, refugees, LGBTQ+ people and migrant communities.
We must stand in solidarity with those she seeks to demonise and build an alternative of hope.
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch wins the Tory race to the bottom
The Tories in power drove racism and paved the way for Farage & Reform’s successes. Badenoch who said “not all cultures are equally valid” as leader is another shift to the right
nytimes.com/2024/11/02/world…
Celebrating Black History Month –
And our recent brilliant black performers -
Tiwa Ayeni, Rika Fraser, Lauren Cato, Rhianna Powell and Olusola Oyeleye
Remembering Lucinda Gane, who passed twenty years ago today. Lucinda and Kay Adshead started Mama Quilla in 1999 She was a brilliant actress. Her husband, the poet Christopher Reid, wrote A Scattering as a tribute to Lucinda and won the Costa Book Award with it in 2009.
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In the face of racist violence, show survivors they are not alone.
This hateful minority do not represent us - the vast majority of us believe in welcome and compassion.
We’re asking you to write a message to the survivors we support now: secure.freedomfromtorture.or…
Women and War, at the Alexandra Palace . Pictured clockwise are Hana, Tiwa Ayeni, Judit Hollis, Sandra Mills, Trisha Gibbons, Wendy Young, Rhianna Powell, Angela Garfield, Cherie Hughes and Kay Adshead
Challenging, surprising, and diverse pieces already starting to emerge
ALT Kay Adshead leading brilliant new women artists company , creating Women and War at the Alexandra Palace.
The great Cleo Sylvestre was part of our Soldiers' Son company and most recently The Woman Who. She was going to join the Women and War company. She was the sweetest, humblest, brightest of souls, and a hugely talented artist. Congratulations darling Cleo on a life well lived!
We congratulate Claire Nelson on her important new play exploring knife crime, MOTHERHOOD, written and performed by her as part of the OFFBEAT Festival in Oxford. Claire was one our mentored writers, on The Women Who project, and will be part of our Women and War company.
On September 29th we start our next Mama Quilla - New Women Writers project - Women and War. The first of a series of workshops, linked to The Carr Webber prize, free to enter. Work developed, and the winning top three entrants, will be showcased in March. around IWD.
ALT Kay Adshead and Trisha Gibbons rehearsing The Women Who
ALT Rika Fraser rehearsing The Women Who at the Alexandra Palace.
Exciting, new, hopeful times -
We are currently working on our latest ACE grant application for an epic, State of The Nation Project – developing bespoke, performance-art pieces, for three wonderful and esteemed galleries.
ALT The Open Eye Gallery Liverpool
ALT The William Morris Gallery Walthamstow, London
ALT Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
ALT Kay Adshead and "The Women Who Company" at the Alexandra Palace
Application for The Women and War workshops are now closed.
But you can still enter for The Carr Webber prize, and if you request, (unlike most writing competitions) you can receive feedback.
More information here -
carrwebberprize.org/index.ph…