Three companion volumes of monologues for actors, FIERCE - queer; COMMON- working-class; LIT - underrepresented ethnicities. Of course these different indentities intersect and overlap, and intersectional identites are represented in all volumes.
Rikki Beadle-Blair is a multi-award-winning black gay theatre and film-maker. A tireless mentor of minority and socially-outsider writers and performers, he's been struck by the lack of 'out' pieces suitable for performing at auditions by increasingly out and defiant generations of bold young actors. FIERCE is his - and their - response, designed to supply the increasing demand for LGBTQ+ audition pieces, FIERCE is a collection of short queer monologues by fresh and exciting new voices. Contributors include: Alex Britt~ Ashling O'Shea~ André Fialho~ Sita Thomas~ Amber Sinclair-Case~ Nathan Beadle-Towle~ Henri Jeremy Leigh~ Daniel Grimston~ Alexander Hopwood~ Max Percy~ Sam Purkis~ Rebecca Downing~ Rory Howes~ Mical Belkin~ Lantian Chen~ Aoife Smyth~ Darius Shu~ Alex Theo~ Paul Bradshaw~ Ashen Gupta~ Michaela Mackenzie~ Dior Clarke~ Tamara Vallarta~ Sara Dawood~ Tricia Wey~ Ryan Mcveigh~ Sam Cormor~ Charlie S. Smith~ Ian Weichardt~ Laura Crowhurst~ Amber Muldoon~ Verity Sharp~ Eloise Kay~ Tom Wright~ Dee McIntosh~ Maeve Scullion~ Simon Castle~Daniel Reid-Walters~ Anthony Selwyn~ Shakira Newton~ Mical Nelken~ Saffia Kavaz~ Naomi Denny~ Chris Woodley~ Dian Cathal~ Sèverine Howell-Meri~ biogal_~ Liv Ello~ Lev Govorovski~ Louis Rembges~ Micah Holmes~ Griffith Rees~ Tom Ratcliffe~ Nicole Cyrus~ Reuben Massiah~ Alexander Da Fonseco~ Alistair Wilkinson~ Benjamin Salmon~ William Dalrymple~ Aaron Bowater~ Bobby Harding~ Will Armstrong.
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Rikki's been struck by the lack of working class pieces suitable for performing at auditions by increasingly defiant and determined generations of bold young actors. COMMON is his - and their - response. Designed to supply the increasing demand for working class audition pieces, COMMON is a collection of short monologues by fresh and exciting new voices in theatre. Contributors include: Alfie Neill~ Sam Purkis~ Hosanna Johnson~ Georgia Daniels~ Katie Hitchcock~ Marika Mckennell~ Siôn Rhys~ Reuben Massiah~ Mali O'Donnell~ Saffia Kavaz~ Eloise Kay~ Sam Butters~ Sam Harry MacGregor~ Ellen Lilley~ Paul Culshaw~ Amber Sinclair-Case~ Jordan John~ Winnie Imara~ Vanessa Schofield~ Jane Ryan~ Nieve Hearity~ Karen Whyte~ Gail Egbeson~ Dominic Holmes~ Connor Allen~ Adil Hassan~ Rachelle Grubb~ Nicole Joseph~ Amin Ali~ Hannah Tarrington~ Warren Mendy~ Alistair Wilkinson~ Tom Colgan~ Benjamin Salmon~ Aimee Pollock~ Lauren Greer~ Josie White~ Christie Reynolds~ Charis McRoberts~ Aoife Smyth~ Sarah Ord~ Lekhani Chirwa~ James G. Nunn~ Rachelle Coffie~ Alexander Da Fonseca~ Tom Wright~ Becky Lennon~ Vicky Wild~ Tricia Wey~ Sam Butters~ Sam Liu~ Daniel Reid-Walters~ Aaron Douglas~ Stephen Hoo~ Kadiesha Belgrave~ Paul Bradshaw~ Barbara Williams~ Lynne Jefferies~ Shakira Newton~ Timotei Cobeanu~ Deanna Arthur.
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A tireless mentor of minority/global majority and socially-outsider writers and performers, Rikki's been struck by the lack of pieces reflecting different backgrounds suitable for performing at auditions by increasingly defiant generations of bold young actors. LIT is his - and their - response, designed to supply the increasing demand for audition pieces representing different racial/cultural backgrounds and experiences, and is a collection of short monologues by fresh and exciting new voices. Contributors include: Tahys Rodríguez~ Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer~ Nina Cassells~ Stephanie Josephs~ Li Sa Choo~ Sachal Khan~ Lekhani Chirwa~ Stephanie Tykeya~ Kami Gakuru~ Jessikah Wilson~ Lucia Deyi~ Kadiesha Belgrave~ Lantian Chen~ Isabelle Kabban~ Samuel Lago~ Stephanie Stevens~ Yazmin Belo~ Melissa Saint~Adrian Tang~ Danielle Kassaraté~ Natasha Kathi-Chandra~ Melissa Dewi~ Julie Cheung-Inhin~ Connor Allen~ Ibraheem Toure~ Dannielle Sadiq~ Naomi Denny~ Aaron Douglas~ Charlie S. Smith~ Nicole Abraham~ Stephanie Stevens~ Eric Mok~ Dee-Dee Samuels~ Mical Nelken~ Jonathan Luwagga~ Sabrena Osei Tutu~ Sèverine Howell-Meri~ Adil Hassan~ Ashling O'Shea~ Aaliyah Mckay~ Timotei Cobeanu~ Joshua Griffin~ Grace Xie~ Amber Sinclair-Case~ Jason Lee~ Winnie Arhin~Isaac Ouro-Gnao~ Jada Wallace-Mitchell~ Omar Bynon~ Romayn Rose~ Tricia Wey~Hosanna Johnson~ Naomi Soneye-Thomas~ Stephanie Stevens~ Myles Devonté~ Karis Crimson~ Daniel Reid-Walters~ Amina Koroma~ Warren Mendy~ Tolú Fagbayi~Shakira Newton~ Gail Egbeson~ Max Percy~ Mauricia Lewis~ Jon Gutierrez~ Saida Ahmed~ Elander Moore~ Vy-Liam Ng~ Humaira Khan~ Romayn Rose~ Tahys Rodríguez~ Asa Haynes~ Talitha Wing~ Heidi Carmichael~ Sumāh Ebelé~ Julia Hien~ Sanjay Lago~ Antonia Kleopa~ Sarel-Rose Madziya~ Yuyu Wang~ Chantelle Alle~ Alice Straker~ Dior Clarke.
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