BPT & Cardboard Citizens present ‘An Introduction to Monologue Writing with Chantelle Dusette’
Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Cottage, Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AF
Cardboard Citizens is a social impact theatre company creating work to challenge the narrative of homelessness and poverty.
They have recently launched an open call for submissions to More Than One Story: The Anthology – a published collection of monologues that aims to highlight the multiple realities of homelessness and poverty in the UK today, with each and every monologue written by those with lived experience. You can learn more about the project here.
Brighton People’s Theatre is collaborating with Cardboard Citizens to bring a workshop for participants with lived experience of homelessness or poverty.
In this workshop you’ll explore exercises to get you started on the process of writing a monologue, learn some top creative writing tips, receive guidance on how to look after yourself when writing from a place of lived experience and hear more about the opportunity to submit a monologue for consideration if you would like to.
The workshop will be led by Chantelle Dusette. Chantelle is a Cardboard Citizens Associate Artist, a writer/performer, co-artistic director of theatre company Bruised Sky and supporter of new writing in multiple formats. Chantelle is alumni of the Criterion Theatre’s new writing and story development programmes and WildChild’s Write Wild.
When: Friday 20 June
Time: 10am -12 pm
Cost: Pay what you decide
How Cardboard Citizens define homelessness and poverty
We recognise, and are committed to highlighting, the inequity that exists at the intersections between homelessness and poverty and other forms of oppression. We’re not here to define your experience, we’re here to help the stories you want to tell soar, safely and authentically. We know that experiences of homelessness and poverty are complex and take many forms.
Homelessness is more than rough sleeping. It can be sofa-surfing, living in temporary accommodation, unsafe or overcrowded housing, being at risk of domestic abuse, and more.
Poverty can mean lacking access to stable housing, education, healthcare, and opportunity. It’s often generational, and the trauma it carries can last a lifetime.