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Category Archives: Discussion
FEMALE ARTS Present REBELLIOUS ACTS
Female Arts in association with South Street Arts Centre celebrate five years of gender equality activism with ‘Rebellious Acts’ an evening of incendiary new writing on Saturday 14 May at South Street Arts Centre in Reading. (Book here.) Rebellious Acts features rehearsed readings … Continue reading
Fictionalising Fact: developing a play based on real stories
First blog in a series by Sam Hall, about the process of developing a play. Continue reading
WINK: Click, Scroll, Accept Request…
Joanna Lally talks to Phoebe Eclair-Powell about WINK, her first play, currently on at Theatre503. Continue reading
Posted in Discussion, female playwrights, Interview
Tagged female playwrights, interview, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, playwrights, Theatre503, WINK
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Minding the GAP
Introducing the GAP salon. Continue reading
‘We can’t do the house of Bernarda Alba forever…’
100 Great Plays for Women: A valuable resource for teachers, students and theatre-makers. Continue reading
Posted in Discussion, event, feminism, news
Tagged 100 Great Plays for Women, Lucy Kerbel, Tonic Theatre
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Guest post – How visible are female playwrights?
Guest post by Lindsey Nicholas on whether there are less plays by women in the regions. Continue reading
The most inspirational women are closer to home than you might think…
A speech about inspirational women, given at International Women’s Day 2013. Continue reading
Progressive dramaturgy; a guest discussion
“the minute you walk into a play and say ‘I know what you should be and if you don’t do that you’re not a play’ then you’re missing the play that’s doing something progressive.” David Lane
What does a play look like? What about the writer whose play doesn’t look like a play? A discussion which gives the director/literary manager a way into working with the text and the writer, and the writer a way to vocalise what they might have had trouble describing. Continue reading
Country in focus – Sweden
What it’s like to be a female playwright in Sweden… an article inspired by a week at the Women Playwrights’ International Conference in Stockholm, which offers some ideas for best practice in the UK. Continue reading
Posted in 17 percent campaign, Comment, Debate, Discussion, Women playwrights, women writers
Tagged Ninna Tersman, Sweden, Swedish Theatre, WPIC2012
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“Should I keep ‘Mum’?” Guest post by Roisin Rae of Prams In The Hall
Roisin Rae ponders the terminology of motherhood. Continue reading →