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The Writers Circle

The Writers Circle is a collective of art writers based in Wales, gathering monthly to test and exchange new and exper­i­mental writing in response to Chapter’s programme.

The group is open to anyone interested in writing on/with/around art.

If you'd like to get involved, please contact kit.edwards@chapter.org.

Meet the writers

Anushiye Yarnell, an interdisciplinary dance maker and performer whose work is drawn from personal experience, past and future mythologies.
@anushiyeyarnell

K Wood, a musician, creative and community arts organiser interested in social justice, community care and moving beyond binary societal structures.
@obeycobra | @future_arts_collective_cymru

Lisa Tustian, an artist living and studying in Cardiff with an interest in narratives suggested by the incongruous, found-ness, and unwitting collaborators.
@walking.magpie

Lucy Smith, a short fiction writer and facilitator based in Cardiff.
lucysmithwriter.com | @lucysmithwriter

Stephanie Penhaligon, a Cardiff-based, Cornish-raised writer, performer, life model and theatre maker. She plays with movement in words and in stillness.

In response to the autumn/winter performance programme

Welsh Ballroom Community: Bad B Kiki Ball, 25 October 2024

Welsh Ballroom Community x Supreme 007 & Tayo 007 brought a devious selection of villainesses to life on the floor.

'There were sherbet tracksuit jumping beans, spider mammas, silver
vixens, daring glimpses of fur, evil queens, bespoke tailors hot under the
collar. It was salvaged fairy tale material, too subtle and jarring to be
pantomime.'

Read Anushiye Yarnell's response

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