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The cover to Jamie's poetry book, Shield. The image is made up of six horizontal stripes. The outside ones are white, and inside it goes yellow, pink, navy, turquoise (top to bottom). On the top white band in green it says "Jamie Hale" centrally with "Shield" in pink next to that. There is a white mask across the coloured bands. At the bottom on the white band it says "Verve Poetry Press" in pink

Shield (MacTaggart Lecture)

Posted on: September 12, 2021 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Arts, News, Personal, Poetry

When I’m not writing poetry, I’m also moving into writing for television – a world I’m realising just makes disabled people almost completely invisible – most of the time. The MacTaggart Lecture…

A black background with Jamie seated in their electric wheelchair, lit from the torso upwards. Above them in pink neon is the word "inspirational"

Director / Theatremaker of the Year – Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund

Posted on: March 4, 2021 Last updated on: July 2, 2025 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: Articles, Arts, News, Performance

I’m delighted to have received one of the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund Awards in Directing and Theatre-Making. I was nominated back in November by the Barbican Centre – probably because of…

SHIELD

Posted on: November 12, 2020 Last updated on: January 18, 2023 Written by: Jamie Hale Categorized in: News, Poetry

On the 14th Jan 2021, Shield – my first poetry pamphlet – will be published by Verve Press. Exploring my experience as a disabled person during the pandemic through a variety of…