We would like to invite alumni to join us in College for a special event celebrating Sidney Women in the Arts as part of our Forward Together: 50 years of women at Sidney programme.

The day will feature three panel discussions focussing on Literary Arts, Music and Visual Arts, and Stage and Screen Production:

10:30   Arrival, registration, coffee

11.00   Panel 1: Literary Arts

  • Chair: Janet Todd, Novelist, Former Fellow
    Rachel Flowerday (Screenwriter) (1996, English)
    Miruna Fulgeanu (Poet) (2012, English)
    Anna Nightingale (Commissioning Editor, HarperCollins) (2016, English)
    Felicia Yap (Screenwriter/Novelist) (2003, MPhil Historical Studies)
    Diane Samuels (Playwright) (1979, History)
    Talin Tahajian (Poet) (2014, English)

12:15   Lunch

13:00   Panel 2: Music and Visual Arts

  • Chair: Claire Preston, Former Fellow
    Lydia Hamlett (Art Historian) (1999, History of Art)
    Cathy Lamb (Animateur) (2002, Music)
    Sarah Latto (Conductor) (2007, Music)
    Ceri Owen (Performer) (MPhil, Musicology)
    Miri Gellert Shemtov (Performer/Teacher) (2006, Theology & Religious Studies)
    Anna Souter (Arts Journalist) (2010, English)

14:15   Coffee

14:30   Panel 3: Stage and Screen Production

  • Chair: Deirdre Serjeantson (Fellow)
    Arabella Al-Haddad (Actress) (2021, English)
    Ami Okumura Jones (Actress) (2010, English)
    Grace Joseph (Theatre Director) (2012, English)
    Aoife Hayes (BFI) (2012, English)
    Lucille Acevedo-Jones (Costume Designer) (1995, History of Art)

15:45   Closing remarks

Places are initially limited to 15 and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. A nominal charge applies (£15 per person / £10 per person for alumni matriculating from 2016 onwards). Tickets are available to alumni only.

Subject to student participation, additional tickets may be released closer to the event. Once capacity is reached, a waiting list will operate. To be added, please email: development@sid.cam.ac.uk.

Please use the form below to book your place.