Bridget Foreman
@foremanwrites
Playwright & Dr of Theatre. Senior Lecturer in Playwriting at University of York. Associate Director @ridinglights. Find me @foremanwrites.bsky.social
Everything Is Possible: The York Suffragettes review – an extraordinary community production theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun…
While it is sickening to see the Taliban impose even more restrictions on women and girls’ learning and education, it is not surprising. They are not ashamed of their oppressive, misogynist ideology.
🔊 Sound on! In a heartbreaking video, female students at the Badakhshan Medical Institute in Afghanistan are seen singing and weeping in the hallways, devastated by the Taliban’s decision to ban women from studying midwifery and nursing. #EndGenderApartheid
Very excited to be watching ‘His Last Report’ @YorkTheatre @ridinglights
Say hello to Antony Jardine as Seebohm Rowntree in His Last Report! 🎭 Don’t miss our Opening Night on Sat 19 Jul - it’s a Pay What You Can performance to make sure everyone has a chance to experience this powerful show. 🎟️ ow.ly/NL1450WbLQg 📸David Kessel
Rehearsals for His Last Report have begun! 🎭 We love peeking behind the scenes - there’s nothing quite like the magic of our community productions.💛 🎟️ Don’t miss this: ow.ly/TB9T50VLSVI 📸Lou Temple and John Shepherdson
Casting News!📢 Antony Jardine and Amelia Donkor will be joining the cast of His Last Report as Seebohm Rowntree and Gulie Harlock. Learn more here: ow.ly/XNpG50VtYHe
We've recently been up and about in our His Last Report movement skills workshops.💃 We had our first full cast read through last week and rehearsals start soon, so keep an eye out for lots of exciting new content📽️ 📸John Saunders, Natasha Sinton, Alan Gibson and Mike Darley
Really excited about these two fabulous actors heading up the cast of my new play @YorkTheatre with @ridinglights
Casting News!📢 Antony Jardine and Amelia Donkor will be joining the cast of His Last Report as Seebohm Rowntree and Gulie Harlock. Learn more here: ow.ly/XNpG50VtYHe
Join our 2025 community project – His Last Report! 🌟 We’re looking for local volunteers for our cast, choir, and wardrobe teams to tell the unforgettable York story! 🎭 Closes soon, apply now: ow.ly/L7em50UCBA4 Artwork by Émilie Chen
It is Christmas Day in Ethiopia. To Ethiopians and everyone all over the world Melkam Gena to you and your family. A day of peace for the year ahead.
It's your last chance to submit your work for the @bruntwoodprize for Playwriting 2025! If you've been working away on something special, submissions close at 6pm GMT Thursday 9th January 2025: writeaplay.co.uk/2025-prize @rxtheatre
Playwrights! You officially have just over 72 hours to submit your play to us! Submissions close 6pm GMT Thursday 9th January! 💛
1 week to go until submissions open for the Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025.👀 The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet. @painesplough @EKPshows @ConcordUKShows🎉
📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Coming soon… Applications for Talawa Theatre Company’s Introductory Writers’ Group open next week on Wednesday 8th January. Applications close: 23:59, Wednesday 29th January 2025
During the apartheid regime in South Africa the world responded to human rights abuses with sanctions and a sports boycott. Today, the world is silent over Afghanistan. The Afghan men’s coach, Jonathan Trott (born in South Africa but played cricket for England), was recently…
✍️Calling All Playwrights! ✍️ Visit our free Writer’s Café , and spend the day writing, networking, or simply soaking up the creative energy. Hot drinks and mince pies on us!🫖 📅Thu 19 Dec @ 12-5pm RSVP to [email protected] 📸Kirkpatrick Photography
⭐️‘Coproduction at its finest’⭐️ The highest accolade we could possibly hope for when creating our annual performance with @camphillvillag1 The magic and joy captured here by @james_a_drury📸 If this doesn’t put you in the mood for Christmas, nothing will 🎄
We are no longer going to be posting on X. From Monday 16th of Dec we will begin posting on Bluesky Social Media. You can follow us there - @ridinglights.bsky.social Our other social media accounts remain active - instagram - (at)ridinglightstheatre facebook - (at)ridinglights
We've hit 63% of our Pay It Forward target! Thank you! Your generosity means we can gift performances of our Christmas show to those who may not have access this year. Please continue to help us to reach our target by donating here: donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/pay-i…
For three years, the Taliban have forced Afghan women and girls to live under an increasingly brutal regime of gender apartheid. The only option going forward is for the world to hold them accountable for their crimes and refuse to compromise on girls’ and women’s rights.
A Christmas Cracker will run from 21st-24th December at Friargate Theatre ! Tickets are available from ticketsource.co.uk/ridinglights now. Don't miss out on this wonderful show suitable for children and families, bursting with seasonal stories and comedy! 📸 Jackson Portraiture