It has been announced that Burn Bright have created a new unique live event entitled Hear Me Roar, which will offer writers the chance to say the unsaid in a showcase featuring performances alongside an interview with writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia).

Hear Me Roar shouts in the face of social injustice and champions women facing adversity. The event will tie in with the looming one-year anniversary of lockdown and will feature performances from seven new plays performed by a cast including Chantelle Dusette, Sophie Galustian, Gail Egbeson, Lauren-Nicole Mayes, Tiwa Lade, Anna Morris and Pegeen Murphy.

Burn Bright co-founder Tori Allen-Martin, who will be hosting the event, said: “So often women feel silenced, we look back at situations and wish we’d stuck up for ourselves. We’ve been conditioned to be polite, to be ‘sorry’, to doubt ourselves. With Hear Me Roar, we have created a safe space for women to say whatever it is that burns inside of them right now. Sarah and I felt so supported when we went public about our experience and so many women shared similar experiences they’d had, it showed us that we weren’t alone. I’m so excited about our brilliant line up – there are so many women ready to road and we are ready to listen.”

Burn Bright will also be continuing with their Connect initiative, bringing together a series of online talks and opportunities with upcoming instalments focussing of dramaturgy and programming during the pandemic.

Connect takes place on Wednesday 17 February and Wednesday 3 March, with Hear Me Roar premiering on Monday 22 March.

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