Persistent and Nasty Coffee Mornings

Persistent and Nasty is a podcast series and creative activism initiative for women and other marginalised voices in the stage and screen industries. We are a collective endeavour that is informed by the community we serve. We run monthly coffee mornings at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow that serve as a community support hub and we engage in advocacy work with the Scottish arts and culture sector. Our focus is on achieving better representation, safety and wellbeing and to affect positive and long lasting change in working practises in theatre and film.We are committed to an intersectional approach - ALL women and non-binary people are welcome in our spaces - and aim to use the platform we’ve created to amplify unrepresented voices in the arts and create opportunities for our community to network and collaborate. Our goal is to create a project that is fun, safe and supportive, but is also an act of protest. Persistent and Nasty is about changing the cultural narrative through the stories we tell.Our monthly coffee mornings for 2022 will take place at theTron Theatreon the following dates:Friday 9th September (11am - 1pm)Friday 14th October (11am - 1pm)Friday 11th November (11am - 1pm)Friday 2nd December (11am - 1pm)Follow us on Twitter @PersistentNasty and on Instagram @PersistentandNasty

Persistent and Nasty

Monthly coffee mornings that are a supportive space for women and non-binary people working in the arts in Scotland to network and reflect.

Tron Theatre

Persistent and Nasty is a podcast series and creative activism initiative for women and other marginalised voices in the stage and screen industries. We are a collective endeavour that is informed by the community we serve. We engage in advocacy work with the Scottish arts and culture sector. Our focus is on achieving better representation, safety and wellbeing and to affect positive and long lasting change in working practises in theatre and film.

We are committed to an intersectional approach - ALL women and non-binary people are welcome in our spaces - and aim to use the platform we’ve created to amplify unrepresented voices in the arts and create opportunities for our community to network and collaborate. Our goal is to create a project that is fun, safe and supportive, but is also an act of protest. Persistent and Nasty is about changing the cultural narrative through the stories we tell.

We run monthly coffee mornings at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow that serve as a community hub and a place for all women and non-binary people working the arts in Scotland to network, reflect on challenges and find avenues for advice and support.

Our monthly coffee mornings for 2023 will take place at the <a href="https://www.tron.co.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tron Theatre</a> on the following dates:Friday 27th January 
Friday 24th February
Friday 24th March
Friday 21st April
Friday 26th MayFollow us on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/persistentnasty" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@PersistentNasty</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/persistentandnasty" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@PersistentandNasty</a>