Blog: Why we need to publish industry advice to ensure a more equal theatre industry
When I was starting out, I wanted to be a writer but I didn’t know how it worked. You didn’t see jobs advertised in the newspapers stating “Wanted: Writer” and,...
Jennifer Tuckett
Blog: Why We Created University Women In The Arts
With so many arts graduates female, but so few women at the top of some of our creative industries, Jennifer Tuckett, Course Leader on the MA Dramatic Writ...
Jennifer Tuckett
Jennifer Tuckett is Director of University Women in the Arts. She is also Course Leader of the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, which is exploring how best to train dramatic writers in the UK in partnership with the industry, and Director of Writers at Work Productions, which works with the industry to increase access and diversity in the writing and arts industries and in arts education. Projects Jennifer has led on include London Writers’ Week (in partnership with BBC Writersroom, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland, Tamasha, NAWE, the London Playwrights Blog and The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain) and The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting (with the Bush Theatre and Oberon Books) alongside University Women in the Arts. Jennifer is also an award winning writer and producer, including being the joint winner of the Old Vic New Voices Theatre 503 Award.