Category: Feminist theatre
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2018 was my first year at the Edinburgh Fringe which produced a bumper crop of excellent plays (look out for transfer details) but London has delivered some gems too. Out of the 50-odd fringe plays there are 10 that really stand out but what strikes me most when revisiting them is how many evoked such…
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A theatre announces that a classic male role will be played by a woman and gets a plethora of headlines as a result. While giving a woman a meaty, lead role is something to be applauded, it exposes the shortcomings in onstage equality in theatre-land. Gender swapping characters isn't fresh, new and exciting, it's starting…
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Playwright Jennifer Cerys' new play Dandelion at the King's Head Theatre explores queer history through a lesbian relationship in the time of Clause 28. Here she talks about why queer history is important and the need to diversify queer narratives in mainstream theatre. It’s 30 years since Clause 28 why is it important for queer…
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Some great Edinburgh Fringe shows are heading to London, here are three I saw that I can highly recommend. The Fishermen, Arcola (until 1 December) Based on a Man-booker listed novel, The Fishermen is about four brothers who go fishing somewhere they aren't supposed to and the consequences of that fateful night. It is fast-paced,…
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Bullet Hole is brave in its exposure of FGM and the culture around it and it feels like a starting point for a wider narrative. A play about female genital mutilation is never going to be an easy watch but I particularly was drawn to Bullet Hole to better understand the culture and tradition that…
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August was dominated by Edinburgh for me but the London theatre wheels were still turning; here's my round up of my favourite bits of news, my theatre hits and misses and few celeb spots…(let me know if I missed anything while I was north of the border). Sally Field and Bill Pullman in All My…
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Hatty Jones draws on her own experience as a child actor, plucked from obscurity to star in a big budget film, for her debut play That Girl which explores growing up and female friendships. You’ve made short films before, what made you choose theatre as a medium for this particular story? I had wanted to…
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If there had been a call to march right then I would have gladly followed and from the rapturous response of the audience, I wasn't the only one. I walked out of Queens of Sheba feeling a bit teary in a kind of happy/sad/exhilarated way. It's the first Fringe play I've seen that has evoked…