We are currently engaging with 256 artists.

Our Mission: To exist as an ally for artists, as an artistic community fostering creative autonomy through accessible initiatives and practical experience. We want to make a career in the arts accessible to all.

What we do

Our largest initiative is The Writers’ Collective, funded by Arts Council England. A 12-month programme which commissions four new plays and employs 46 freelancers (including trainee roles). Focusing on the development of a script; from pitching, redrafting, exploring structure and character, to working with directors and designers, this programme allows writers to grow and develop as artists, resulting in a public sharing of their plays as part of our festival The Big Share.

We run community-building initiatives, such as The Reading Room, member-led workshops, The Collective Blog and Creative Speed-Dating events. These initiatives instigate conversations led by our community, they also foster new collaborations and provide our artists with autonomy, for example, when pairing directors with writers for our new writing festival.

We commission and produce work by and with the artists in our collective. We also offer opportunities for creative development, often through shadowing and trainee programmes.

We are honoured to be an Associate Company at the Space Theatre.

Mrs C’s Collective are based in London.

ASSOCIATE DRAMATURG - SOMEBODY JONESSomebody is Programme Dramaturg for The Writers’ Collective, a Mrs C’s Collective initiative. Somebody Jones is a Los Angeles native playwright/dramaturg, currently living, working, and dreaming in London. Jones received a bachelor’s in Theatre with an Emphasis in Playwriting from the University of Southern California and a masters in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths University of London. Jones’s work celebrates and champions Black culture in all of its charms and complexities. Although the playwright primarily works within the genres of horror and magical realism, Jones is most known for verbatim theatre. The name Somebody Jones means the more you run from your past, the more you’ll run into it. Somebody Jones is currently a Creative Associate at Jermyn Street Theatre (London) and a part of Boston Court’s first Playwrights’ Group (Los Angeles).Find out more at www.somebodyjones.com — **ASSOCIATE DRAMATURG - SOMEBODY JONES (SHE/HER)**
Somebody is **Programme Dramaturg** for **The Writers’ Collective**, a Mrs C’s Collective initiative.
Somebody Jones is a Los Angeles native playwright/dramaturg, currently living, working, and dreaming in London. Jones received a bachelor’s in Theatre with an Emphasis in Playwriting from the **University of Southern California** and a masters in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance from **Goldsmiths University** of London. Jones’s work celebrates and champions Black culture in all of its charms and complexities. Although the playwright primarily works within the genres of horror and magical realism, Jones is most known for verbatim theatre. The name Somebody Jones means the more you run from your past, the more you’ll run into it. Somebody Jones is currently a Creative Associate at **Jermyn Street Theatre** (London) and a part of **Boston Court’s first Playwrights’ Group** (Los Angeles).
Find out more at www.somebodyjones.com

Shona is a white woman with long brown hair. She wears black glasses and a white and green striped top. She is sat in an electric wheelchair with a fairylight-lit street behind her. She smiles. — **ACCESS ADVISOR - SHONA LOUISE (SHE/HER)**
Shona is current consulting across **The Writers’ Collective** and for our project in development, ***DREAM SCHOOL***.
Shona works as an **accessibility consultant, freelance writer and photographer** within the theatre industry and is boldly passionate about making theatre more accessible for everyone. With by-lines in **Metro, The Independent, DigitalSpy** and more, Shona regularly writes about disability rights and accessibility across the media. Shona features in ***Rife: Twenty-One Stories From Britain’s Youth***, a book made up of young people’s stories and experiences, with her essay centering on growing up as a young disabled adult.
Find out more at www.shonalouise.com

**ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CHARLOTTE EVEREST (SHE/HER)**
Charlotte **co-founded** Mrs C’s Collective in 2018.
Charlotte is a theatre director, producer and drag king. Since training on Mountview’s MA in Theatre Directing, she has directed internationally and assistant directed on numerous London productions. She has worked at theatres such as the Space, Southwark Playhouse, Theatre503, The King’s Head, Tristan Bates Theatre, and The Old Red Lion. Charlotte is also a headphone verbatim practitioner and a mental health first aider, with **a passion for working with communities and championing accessibility and well-being within her work.** Charlotte is Associate Artist to director Kristine Landon-Smith in theatre and film, often working with Kristine as a co, associate & assistant director and researcher (National Youth Theatre, Park Theatre, RADA, East 15). From her work with Kristine, she likes to practice complicité and clowning within her process, describing her style as having a physical origin, creating material through the body.
Find out more at www.charlotteeverest.com

DEPUTY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - JENNIE EGGLETON (SHE/HER)

Jennie co-founded Mrs C’s Collective in 2018.

Jennie is an actress and performance practitioner. She studied at the University of Leeds before completing the Postgraduate Acting Diploma at Drama Studio London. Recent theatre credits include, 'The Burning' (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), 'Tobacco Road' (International Tour) 'That Was All' (Catalyst Festival - Theatre503), 'Clara at Noon' (Kenneth Branagh Award - Windsor Festival) and ‘After the Heat We Battle for the Heart’ (VAULT Festival). Recent TV & Film Credits include ‘Wonder Woman’ (Warner Bros), ‘Doctors’ (BBC) and ‘The Evermoor Chronicles’ (Disney).

ASSOCIATE WRITER - FRANCIS GRIN (SHE/HER)Francis Grin is a Dutch playwright and dramaturg, raised in Mexico, Brazil and the US. She completed a Masters in Writing for Performance at Goldsmiths (London) in 2010 and has been writing ever since. Her plays have been performed in both Australia and the UK, at venues including Soho Theatre, the Space, The Other Palace, Theatre503, The Vaults, Southwark Playhouse and the Arcola. Her writing often explores what it means to be a young person in a rapidly changing world and has been long-listed for the Papatango Prize (2016), The BBC Script Room (2018) and The Women’s Prize for Playwriting (2020). She has also worked as the Literary Manager at the Finborough Theatre in London and has read for The Bruntwood and The Papatango Prizes. — **ASSOCIATE WRITER - FRANCIS GRIN (SHE/HER)**
Francis **co-founded** Mrs C’s Collective in 2018.
Francis Grin is a Dutch **playwright** and **dramaturg**, raised in Mexico, Brazil and the US. She completed a Masters in *Writing for Performance* at Goldsmiths (London) in 2010 and has been writing ever since. Her plays have been performed in both Australia and the UK, at venues including **Soho Theatre, the Space, The Other Palace, Theatre503, The Vaults, Southwark Playhouse** and the **Arcola**. Her writing often explores what it means to be a young person in a rapidly changing world and has been long-listed for the **Papatango Prize (2016), The BBC Script Room (2018)** and The Women’s Prize for Playwriting (2020). She has also worked as the Literary Manager at the Finborough Theatre in London and has read for The Bruntwood and The Papatango Prizes.