4. A M B I T I O N
This prayer is especially important for “creatives”.
Submitting, and often exchanging our will, to and for the will of the Father’s, can be a challenge.
May our ambitions always be God inspired, God centred and God lead.
Amen 🙏🏽
#prayer #ambition
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I’ll be joining the 2026-27 Jerwood HighTide Writers Group.
@_hightidetheatre_
A year to develop, sharpen, and go deeper into the work.
And of course, a new play on the way!
More updates to come. Follow the journey. 🙌🏿 ✍🏿
#smallstepsbigmoves
Thank you,
To the beautiful storytellers, John @kd_ojay and Debbie @d.e.i._ for holding space so effortlessly. For breathing life into Nathan and Ellie with such generosity, courage and skill. Your connection to the text was sensational. I fell in love with the characters a little more after every performance.
My dear and talented friend and collaborator @toni_jackman1 . You excavated and held this piece with care, deft and insight- beyond.
@arrowwooden Thank you for creating this marvellous platform for emerging voices. The pleasure was mine.
If you managed to make it down to see the show, thank you. 🫶🏿
Wonderful connections made.
My sci-fi rom-thriller, LOOKING GLASS, is loading…⏳
Stay Tuned.
The full cast and crew lineup for The Makers
Showcase: New Voices - March / April 2026 is here!
The Makers Showcase: New Voices is currently an invite-only, rather than submissions, so if you are interested in getting involved, come along to The Pre-Makers Social or the Showcase to meet the team!
Makers Showcase - March 31st 7:30pm & April 1st 3pm / 7:30pm
@draytonarmssw5
Pre-Makers Social - 5pm - April 1st
Last Few Tickets Availible - Link in @arrowwooden bio! 🔗
#theatre #showcase #performance #newwriting
CAST & CREW OF LOOKING GLASS 🪞
An engaged couple step into an AI relationship simulation designed to predict their future together and confirm their compatibility. As the system generates reflections of who they might become, the boundaries between simulation and reality begin to blur, causing them to confront who they truly are and whether their love can transcend the need for approval.
The Makers Showcase - March 31st 7:30pm & April 1st 3pm, 7:30pm - Drayton Arms Theatre
The Pre-Makers Social (free entry) April 1st 5pm - 7pm Drayton Arms Pub
Ticket Link in Bio! 🎞
#theatre #showcase #newwriting #performance
Meet Cal-I Jonel (Writer) and Antoinette Jackman (Director), speaking about their piece 'Looking Glass' which they are bringing to The Makers Showcase!
Looking Glass - An engaged couple step into an AI relationship simulation designed to predict their future together and confirm their compatibility. As the system generates reflections of who they might become, the boundaries between simulation and reality begin to blur, causing them to confront who they truly are and whether their love can transcend the need for approval.
The Makers Showcase - March 31st 7:30pm & April 1st 3pm, 7:30pm - Drayton Arms Theatre
The Pre-Makers Social (free entry) April 1st 5pm - 7pm Drayton Arms Pub
Ticket Link in Bio! 🎞
It’s that time. Exam season is approaching. We have two special masterclasses: Maths + Study Skills and Writing + Comprehension. 8 hours. Limited spaces.
Let’s go! Please share and let’s ensure our young people are all set with the correct tools and the confidence to use them.
#loveliteracy #tuition #revision #examperiod #masterclass
How did “Student X” know I would need this notebook?
Ten years ago, I caught him plagiarising.
After a difficult conversation with him and his parents, we made a decision:
He had to start again!
Fresh coursework with no shortcuts. Thankfully, he passed!🎉
After exams, he came to see me.
He said thank you.
And he handed me this notebook full of blank pages.
Two years later, I left teaching and stepped into the performing arts full throttle.
Many of those early days felt exactly like this notebook - completely blank, unwritten and often uncertain.
I had to learn to embrace the empty page, to trust God with it an to fill it slowly, one day at a time.
This notebook is almost full now.
And when I look at it, I don’t just remember the look on his face when he realised he’d been caught - an expression of deep shame. I remember the look of hope when he handed this to me.
And it hit me: he was given a blank page to begin again.
And maybe, without knowing it, he was reminding me that one day, I would need one too.
The blank page isn’t something to fear.
It’s permission to dream, to start again, it’s possibility.
#growthimagination
✨ LIVE FULL ✨
As we wrapped up episode 24 of the Long Story Short podcast, I asked @caljonel
“What would you like people to remember about your long story short?”
Cal-I replied "To live full and die empty."
Fear is often the root...
BUT it’s the habits we learn from it
that delay us from unfolding into our purpose.
👉🏾Waiting.
👉🏾Delaying.
👉🏾Choosing what feels safe over what feels true.
So here’s my reminder to self (and maybe to you too) as we move into a new week:
👉🏾Be open.
👉🏾Be unafraid.
👉🏾Laugh often.
👉🏾Start that business.
👉🏾Book that trip.
👉🏾 etc....
✨ Living fully might begin the moment we stop waiting.
❌ Dont ask for permission, GO FOR IT!
💭 What are you ready to stop delaying?
#livefully #longstoryshortpodcast #purposedriven #legacy #actorslife🎬
Stop playing small. As I write this, I’m also saying it to myself!
Your creativity doesn’t disappear.
It gets buried under fear.
Under responsibility.
Under the need to be “realistic.”
But here’s the truth: The voice inside you won’t stay quiet forever.
🎧 In Episode 24, @caljonel shares the moment everything changed for him, from feeling stuck to finally unlocking his creative calling. Aieeeeeeeeeeeee!
📌Link in bio to watch the full episode.
#LongStoryShortPodcast
#fearless
#actorslife
#resilience
#actor
#youtubepodcast
#creativejourney
𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱:
Song: LAKEY INSPIRED - Days Like These. Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.
/watch?v=D9xs2K4SG-o
🎵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
/profile/creators?u=4430730
𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀:
/lakeyinspired
/channel/UCOmy8wuTpC95lefU5d1dt2Q
/lakeyinspired/
