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Its Live - Our New Kickstarter 'Wish We Were Here' stories of working class fantastic spaces - support our artists and our collective here
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We are coming to Salford, Manchester & hopefully Bolton
So excited watch the video.and watch this site for dates
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Got some exciting news to tell you soon about new dates for the play #Sixteen showing in a special part of the Country - I'm looking at you North West 😯
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Getting a publisher to take a chance on a working class writer is very difficult. Getting a literary agent almost impossible
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💬 "The Sutton Trust found only 10% of writers are from working-class backgrounds."
Getting to the top of the creative industries is a dream for many talented young people in our country.
But access to these careers is far from equal ⬇️
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This never ends does working class people being purposefully kept out of interesting work
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Amen & thankyou to Vicky & Johnny
🗣️ 'The working class voices aren't equal, and they haven't been for many years... art should be for everybody'
Actress Vicky McClure and her husband Jonny Owen speak to Sky News about the lack of opportunities for people from working-class backgrounds.
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#Sixteen a play where three working class stand and shout to the world "what if we dont win" 👇
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Nottingham's finest
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I'm delighted to announce that my latest rant has just been published on Tommy Sisson's glamorous literary magazine platform GRASS! @PenguinUKBooks
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ALT Painting of Allen Lane of Penguin Books
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Feb 27
Class Division in the Film Industry: Review of a film by Mark Forbes culturematters.org.uk/class-… @J_ClassCulture @WorkingClassCol @LumpenMagazine @britschoolfilm
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Please support us share this post or throw in a couple of quid - working class storytelling will never be funded properly by the institutions they dont value us or our ways of telling a story - we only have each other x
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Please support this play storytelling theatre about working class girls growing up in #1984 with the backdrop of the miners strike - pleaded support us.
Mar 17
🚨 WE’RE LIVE!
#ArtsForImpact is here & we need your help!
Support sixTeen, help take this powerful play to more communities, centre voices of working-class women and girls. Donations are also doubled by @BigGive ! So £5 donated = £10 received 💸=💸💸 ➡️ bit.ly/471WnCb
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Mar 17
In September 2025 we took our play around Ashfield we are fund raising another run please give or share Support us to tour new play sixTeen – Big Give
Click link bit.ly/471WnCb
tomorrow at 12PM midday! The campaign will run for ONE WEEK ONLY from Tues 17 March to Tue 24 March.
Our goal is to raise £1,500 within this period, donations are doubled by The Big Give, so if we get to the target, we will raise £3,000 towards supporting costs to take sixTeen to more communities.
We will be posting daily throughout the campaign on socials, please keep a look out and share. I’ve also drafted some copy (below) as a starting point for you to use, adapt, personalise, and share far and wide
Thanks x
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Mar 16
1 DAY TO GO! !
✨Our @BigGive #ArtsForImpact campaign launches tomorrow at 12PM midday.
💝Support sixTeen to help centre the stories and voices of working-class women, girls & communities.
🥰Donate between 17–24 March and see your gift doubled!💸💸➡️ bit.ly/471WnCb
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Mar 11
A few weeks ago I mentioned here I had examined a Phd Thesis on Culture Wars on this site. I said how impressed I had been the candidate had used hateful tweets to make poetry - here it is. I'm proud to say there is another angry creative & clever working class woman & academic amongst our ranks. Dr Kyla Bavin
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Very good thread here. How do we get our stories through now?
Sorry for mithering with another article about Early Doors, but there seem to be quite a lot of them.
Thanks to the person from ‘British Comedy Classics’ that wrote this (sorry, no name). Anyway, I like this one, it’s worth a read, whether you’re an Early Doors fan or not…
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Some things never change - we made this film nearly 10 years ago the same subject and w/c people are still having the doors closed in our faces theactingclass.info/
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Feb 22
#WriteOnInterviews As A Poet: Demi Anter
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"Write about your experiences as they happen, as much as possible."
Read Write On! pentoprint.org/see-write-on-…
Write On! Audio bit.ly/PentoPrintPodcasts
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The Working Class Collective retweeted
Feb 13
I'm delighted to announce that my latest rant has just been published on Tommy Sisson's glamorous literary magazine platform GRASS! @PenguinUKBooks
grassmagazine.co.uk/the-end-…
ALT Painting of Allen Lane of Penguin Books
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This is worth a listen for those who are interested in storytelling from below that can challenge power .@matthewsyed
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