Nicola’s off to Narnia

Sod this, I’m off to Narnia. Every morning at breakfast my partner asks me if I’m intending to go to Narnia. Partners of writers are, of course, very used to their other half disappearing into some fantasy world of their own creation, and lockdown has been no exception. As life came to an abrupt halt,

No Planet B

NO PLANET B at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, January 2020 I thought the world might be suffering from eco-fatigue  – and not turn out on a cold January night to see BOLDtext save the planet with 4 short plays. I was wrong. The theatre was packed and buzzing. Julia Wright’s Stepping Up opened the show. A well-meaning couple stage

Cold Cuts

by Nicola Jones As a teenager living in a small, but perfectly formed, rural market town, I remember complaining to an American tourist that ‘you can’t live on beauty.’  She was on a whistle-stop tour of historic Britain and had been waxing lyrical about my lovely home town. And she was right to. There was

Doubled Up @ The REP

Bold Text present DOUBLED UP at The REP – 8pm Monday October 26th Bold Text Playwrights return to The REP with double helpings on Monday 26th October with Doubled Up – new writing from Bold Text members Stephen Jackson and Nicola Jones. 

12 hours in Warwick

Coffee break @ Friends Meeting House After struggling through rush hour road works (!) and traffic chaos Nicola & Vanessa started the day off with our Write What You Know workshop which is where things immediately started to look up. Great, open, atmosphere to be able to express yourself in. Friendly open atmosphere. And prompting exercises

Selfies @ Warwick Words 1st October 2015

Four dramatic monologues, read by ourselves, exposing our working practices and influences, as well as exploring how our individual backgrounds have shaped the writers we are today. In Search of The Unhappy Ending by Liz John Dark Matters by Nicola Jones Lowering My Voice by Helen Kelly The Other Me by Vanessa Oakes 8 pm Lord Leycester Hospital