Anthology Workshops
Building on the success of our award-winning film series, we’re excited to share our next step in changing the narrative of homelessness and poverty, we’re creating More Than One Story: The Anthology. This will be a published book, a living archive, a diary of our time. It will be a collection of monologues that aims to highlight the multiple realities of homelessness and poverty in the UK today with each and every monologue written by those with lived experience.
The collection will be made up of the monologues from our film series, some new directly commissioned writing and a selection of pieces from a nationwide open call for submissions from new, emerging and established writers.
We’re thrilled to be partnering with The Big Issue and Nick Hern Books to get this collection in the hands of many!
Ways to get involved:
- Submit a monologue
- Apply to become a Reader
Submit a monologue
We would love Members to submit a monologue to be considered for publication in the anthology. Submissions will be open from 7 May – 30 June. All the details that you need to know will be shared when we launch the nationwide open call on 7 May, watch this space!
If you are a member of Cardboard Citizens and interested to find out more about this opportunity, please do sign-up to one of the workshops below:
Intro to More Than One Story: The Anthology, for Writers: with Chantelle Dusette, Writer & Cardboard Citizens Associate Artist
Thursday 22 May
2 – 5pm
In this workshop you will learn more about the More Than One Story: The Anthology, the opportunity to submit a monologue for consideration, guidance on how to look after yourself when writing from a place of lived experience and some top tips and exercises to get you started on the process of writing a monologue.
Citz Writers with Chantelle Dusette: Monologue Writing
Thursday 29 May – Thursday 26 June (5 weeks)
2 – 5pm
Over the course of 5 weeks Chantelle Dusette will share writing exercises, tips and advice, taking you through the different stages of writing a monologue. Chantelle will cover topics such as finding inspiration, creating characters, building structure and looking after yourself when writing from a place of lived experience. You will have the incredible opportunity to chat to Chantelle about your ideas one-to-one to support the development of your work.
Becoming a ‘Reader’
We will be looking for Members to join industry professionals on our panel of ‘readers’ that will be part of the team selecting the monologues featured in the anthology. Applications for this opportunity will be open from 19 May – 30 May. All the details that you need to know will be shared closer to the time, watch this space!
If you are interested to find out more about this opportunity, please do sign up for this one-off workshop:
Intro to More Than One Story: The Anthology – For Readers, with Chris Sonnex, Cardboard Citizens Artistic Director
Thursday 15 May – 2 – 5pm
In this workshop you will learn more about More Than One Story: The Anthology, the opportunity to become a ‘reader’ on the selection panel and you will get an introduction to monologue/play reading – top tips on what to look for and how to provide feedback.
About Chantelle Dusette
Chantelle Dusette is a writer/performer and co-artistic director of theatre company Bruised Sky and supporter of new writing in multiple formats. Chantelle is alumni of the Criterion Theatre new writing and story development programmes and WildChild’s Write Wild.
Chantelle is driven to tell stories which elevate a diverse lived experience and reflect her social values & politics. Through poetic monologues, a part of her work has reimagined the lives of iconic individuals from the past, as well undertaken intensely personal explorations of the future.
In 2022 she starred in her autobiographical play, DOLLY, at Park Theatre and in 2023 her short piece A Brief History of Us was performed for Caravan Theatre.
Chantelle has recently been developing her new play, BEING KIM K, produced by REcreate funded by Arts Council.
UTOPIA has been included in a series of works by artists from the global majority in Onyekcahi Wambu’s latest book, Empire Windrush, published in June 2023
About Chris Sonnex
Chris Sonnex joined Cardboard Citizens as Artistic Director and joint CEO in autumn 2021. He is the charity’s first Artistic Director with lived experience of homelessness and since his appointment has spearheaded a broadening out of the organisation’s focus: exploring impactful solutions to challenge the systemic causes of homelessness in the UK today, alongside making concrete commitments to redress the inequality of opportunity in the performing arts industry, which included opening its entire programme out to people experiencing poverty and inequity.
