Category Archives: female director

World Premiere of Shangri-la by Amy Ng

Posted on June 20, 2016 by 17Percent

“You like your minorities like your pandas – picturesque, cuddly, endangered, helpless. But I refuse to be a panda. I refuse to go extinct. I want to live, to live well, to live like them.” What happens when the only … Continue reading →

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Weird Sisters present Airswimming

Posted on June 20, 2016 by 17Percent

Weird Sisters was founded in 2014 in Guildford by three experienced female practitioners: Tanya Chainey, Stephanie Goodfellow and Alison Nicol, with the aim of producing work that takes risks, asks difficult questions, and provides strong and interesting roles for women. … Continue reading →

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Clickbait – review

Posted on January 27, 2016 by 17Percent

Clickbait is a play by Milly Thomas, a compelling and powerful play about women and the sex industry, still very much a taboo subject as there are so many facets to the porn industry that are not challenged and simply … Continue reading →

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Preview: My Mind is Free by Sam Hall

Posted on August 30, 2015 by 17Percent

Dates for My Mind is Free – Sam Hall’s new play. Continue reading →

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Review: Ladylogue 2015 presented by The Thelmas

Posted on August 20, 2015 by 17Percent

Ladylogue! is the second show of monologues written and performed by women, (with a mainly female production team,) presented by The Thelmas, as part of this year’s Camden Fringe Festival. The Thelmas are a company founded in 2014 to make … Continue reading →

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A book for your bookshelf

Posted on July 24, 2015 by 17Percent

Sarah Hehir’s play now available to buy from Wordsmithery. Continue reading →

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Klippies by Jessica Sian – review

Posted on May 21, 2015 by 17Percent

Klippies –an extraordinary new play about friendship, identity and freedom in present-day South Africa. Review by Joanna Lally.  There is a palpable heat to Klippies, the debut play by Jessica Siân. Set during Summer 2014 in Johannesburg, where Siân was born, … Continue reading →

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Miss Julie is the debut production from The Bread and Roses Theatre Company

Posted on May 5, 2015 by 17Percent

Review of Miss Julie, by August Strindberg, adapted by Tessa Hart. Now playing at The Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham. Continue reading →

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