ON 2nd June 2025, I was invited to be a guest speaker on the panel of the 2nd Neurodiversity Conference at HMP Warren Hill, a familiar venue. With an audience of inmates, staff and professionals 100 hundred strong, it was clearly a very important and necessary event. Neurodiversity is of a high percentage in theContinue reading “Second Neurodiversity Conference”
Category Archives: performance
‘March’-ing on in March!
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog here, on my website. There are a number of reasons for this: firstly I wrote two other blogs/article on a monthly basis. You may be aware that I write a monthly post for the award-winning Felixstowe Magazine App in the form of a column called PENspiration.Continue reading “‘March’-ing on in March!”
Hello 2025!
Well, the year ended on a really high note! Just before Christmas, Dial Lane books in Ipswich were kind enough to host my book launch. The book, Burnt Lungs and Bitter Sweets, is a tale about four punk friends from 1976 to the present day. It’s a tragicomedy in the same sort of category asContinue reading “Hello 2025!”
CV, Reviews, and links to work: Virginia Betts.
Below is a comprehensive list of professional work, performances and writing: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) Acting and The Speaking of Verse and Prose, all grades to gold medal. 1981-1992. LAMDA teaching certificate. Winner of the Ironside-Wood Trophy for poetry, 1989. (Suffolk Music Festival) Certificate in Creative Writing, University college, Suffolk, 2011 Continue reading “CV, Reviews, and links to work: Virginia Betts.”
2024 is exciting far!
I have somewhat neglected to write here, as I have now got a regular spot writing a blog article each month for the Felixstowe magazine App https://thefelixstowemagazine.com This is a wonderful local app, which showcases local talent, event, venues – always an interesting read. I write PENspiration! (click to reveal my January article and clickContinue reading “2024 is exciting far!”
Exhausting? NO! Proof that life improves with age.
I had a look back when I was sorting out my biography, and I can’t believe the things I have done in a short space of time. Here’s a sample of my journey so far: I am a writer, tutor and actor. I graduated from Essex University, (UK) with a degree in Literature, and laterContinue reading “Exhausting? NO! Proof that life improves with age.”
I won a thing!
My new flash fiction story, Writer’s Block, a weird and twisty supernatural tale which will resonate with any creator, will be performed by an actor from Quirkhouse Theatre on Saturday 7th October at the Library in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It was one of the winning stories at the first Fringe Festival for the area.Continue reading “I won a thing!”
Female empowerment at Primadonna: supporting and inspiring writers.
I have just spent most of the weekend at the thinking woman’s equivalent of Glasto for writers and I am feeling inspired. Last year I performed at Primadonna as Anne Boleyn’s angry ghost but I didn’t get much time to look around fully. If you aren’t aware, Primadonna is a festival held in the lovelyContinue reading “Female empowerment at Primadonna: supporting and inspiring writers.”
Virginia Betts 