Without risk, art cannot innovate; it cannot develop and the artist cannot realise their full potential.
This year’s Our Voice sharing promises to be an inspiring evening of creativity and connection. Our Voice Bursary recipient Aliyy Azad and writer Krystal S. Lowe will share excerpts from their works-in-progress, offering a glimpse into their creative journeys.
Afterwards, we invite you to take part in our mic-less open mic. Whether you’re an experienced writer, just starting out, or simply write for the joy of it, we’d love to hear your work-in-progress. Or, if you prefer, just sit back, relax, and enjoy the readings.
Come for the stories, stay for the company and enjoy a warm cuppa and some sweet treats while you’re here. Whether you’re sharing your own writing or just soaking up the atmosphere, Our Voice 2025 sharing is for everyone. We can’t wait to see you there!
Our Voice Bursary 2025 is in partnership with Sherman Theatre.
Our Voice 2025 Sharing Artists:
Aliyy Azad Malik is a Wales-based writer who enjoys researching as part of their writing process, focusing on human stories, spirituality, ecology, and community. Specialising on poetry and fiction, Aliyy develops their writing practice in many ways – from writing on train journeys to joining Literature Wales’ 2024/2025 Representing Wales writer cohort.
Aliyy’s Work-In-Progress
Two young women in love have family histories of surviving the India/Pakistan Partition. Though Partition is something they infrequently think about, the play explores the ways it has irrevocably affected their lives. On a sudden trip back to their ancestral land, they are forced to face the history of their families and the future of their relationship.
Krystal S. Lowe is a Bermuda-born, Wales-based self-published author, poet, short story and screenwriter whose work explores themes of intersectional identity, mental health and well-being, and empowerment. Through her extensive career as a dancer and choreographer she has had the pleasure of interweaving her writing with movement to create works for stage, public space, and film.
Krystal’s Work-In-Progress
A Woman At Rest began as a poem commissioned for a collaborative online and print exhibition exploring life for Black artists living in Scotland and Wales. Over the past few months I have developed this poem into a monologue exploring the expectations and acceptance of pain and longsuffering in women and the role pleasure plays in fully realising our power and purpose in the world.
*A Woman At Rest is a raw sharing of thoughts, struggles, and journey towards rest. It explores sexual pleasure, lessons learned from nature, and the intricacies of womanhood.
Our Voice 2025 sharing will take place on Friday 28 March, 6-7.30pm at Sherman Theatre.
Email literary@shermantheatre.co.uk to RSVP now!