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The otherMother women are taking some time out to work on other projects for now and hope to be back with a raft of new projects soon(ish). In the meantime feel free to like our page, we will still be posting articles of interest, videos and Friday dance floor classics every now and then

Woohoo! Just got our tickets for Motherlode The Good Earth this eve at Chapter...can't wait to see it team!

http://theactorspad.com/2016/05/17/an-angry-james-mcavoy-sets-it-straight-if-you-want-your-kid-to-have-a-better-life-than-you-had-art-is-really-important/

An angry JAMES MCAVOY sets it straight “If you want your kid to have a better life than you had,... With the UK government set to make even further cuts to Arts Funding, Scottish actor JAMES MCAVOY has set up a fund in his home country to help give children from poorer backgrounds access to the k…

BANK HOLIDAY COMPETITION! We've team up with the folks at Festival of Voice - Gŵyl y Llais on this ace competition: we have two tickets to give away for the House Gospel Choir at The Globe on Friday 10 June. Waaaah! Describing themselves as "the choir that house music built" House Gospel Choir is deffo not to be missed. Here they are doing their thing (it's bloody brilliant) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuCS8VxRU00

To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is tell us in the comments below what your fave house tune is. We'll choose our favourite at the end of today. See you on the dance floor!

FESTIVAL OF VOICE - HOUSE GOSPEL CHOIR - MOVED TO THE GLOBE - TramShed Cardiff This show has now been moved to The Globe. Original tickets still remain valid. Festival of Voice is the first major UK celebration of the voice in all art forms. A city-wide celebration of Wales as Land of Song – this new international arts festival features local and International legends, alongsi...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Who doesn't love some cheap prosseco?!? http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/deals-hunter/2016/05/24/2-63-prosecco-trick-min-6-bottles-rrp-10-each/?utm_source=MSE_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=24-May-16-v2&utm_campaign=nt-oneliners-one&utm_content=6

£2.63 prosecco trick. Min 6 bottles (RRP £10 each) Sainsbury's is currently running three different promotions which you can combine – known as code stacking. So until Sun 5 Jun newbies to Sainsbury's* online could effectively get well-rated prosecco for £2.63 a bottle ...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/24/jane-bond-gillian-anderson-next-007-twitter

It's Bond, Jane Bond: Gillian Anderson throws hat into the ring to be next 007 Star of The X-Files and The Fall puts herself into the running – alongside Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Damian Lewis – with Twitter poster

We're quaking in our skates at otherMother HQ this week - we're learning to skate with Tiger Bay Brawlers tomorrow! It's research for a new show we're developing and we're very excited! Keep your eyes peeled for pictures of our roller skate endeavours, but in the meantime, feast your eyes on the brilliant brawlers doing their thing:

Tiger Bay Brawlers

We're looking for people to join our board! If you or someone you know works in finance / accounting please get in touch - we'd love to hear from you!

Today is - wishing all our trans friends love and support , today and always

This is something we are striving to do at otherMother and is a great read for theatre lovers, haters and all those in-between. Thanks Catriona James and Sherman 5 for sharing:

www.middlechildtheatre.co.uk

Contenders ready??? Gladiators ready?? otherMother ladies ready?? Day two of show development week is under way

It's International Women's Day today (hooray!), and if you were wondering when it was set up or why we have such a day, have a read of this very helpful article:

Everything you need to know about International Women's Day 2016 International Women's Day has marked the plight and achievements of women for more than a century – but is now looking ahead another 15 years to the world's gender equality goals.