Category Archives: Plays for today by women

17Percent’s bookshelf

Posted on November 8, 2016 by 17Percent

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have been unable to take part fully in the #52 Plays by Women challenge, so instead I’ve compiled a list (with links where possible to buy) of 52 plays by women on the … Continue reading →

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Hashtag 52 plays by women

Posted on August 6, 2016 by 17Percent

On Monday, a brilliant new international theatre parity advocacy call to action launches on social media: #52playsbywomen. This international campaign has been started by American writer Laura Annawyn Shamas. Could you see a play by a woman a week for … Continue reading →

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A new feminist theatre festival at N16

Posted on August 1, 2016 by 17Percent

Theatre N16 has created a new two-day festival of women’s work, and stories. Herstory Festival is a chance for up and coming playwrights and artists to tackle important issues surrounding feminism and by doing so creating a platform for discussion and an … Continue reading →

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Eggs by Florence Keith-Roach: interview

Posted on March 14, 2016 by 17Percent

17Percent recently interviewed Florence ahead of seeing her new play Eggs performed at the London Vaults, as part of the Vault festival. This unsuspecting venue, which used to be the Old Vic tunnels tucked next to/below Waterloo station, has been transformed for a … Continue reading →

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RED Women’s Theatre Awards launches this Sunday

Posted on February 29, 2016 by 17Percent

A new award for female playwrights will be launched at Greenwich Theatre on Sunday, March 6, with rehearsed readings of four one act plays presenting four challenging political voices. The RED Women’s Theatre Award, co-produced by creative online magazine Female Arts, … 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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Milly Thomas and Clickbait

Posted on January 13, 2016 by 17Percent

Clickbait is a new play about society’s attitude to porn and the women who make it for themselves. From the  all female writer/director team behind A First World Problem (Milly Thomas and Holly Race Roughan) comes this blistering study of how pornography … Continue reading →

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Plays to see by women from May – roundup

Posted on May 22, 2015 by 17Percent

Here we have a roundup of some of the current and forthcoming plays to see by women in the UK. Some aren’t on for much longer, so you’ll have to be quick! MAY: Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill. … 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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Sphinx put women Centre Stage in March

Posted on May 21, 2015 by 17Percent

Women Centre Stage: Heroines was much-anticipated since Sphinx Theatre launched the event back in October. Aimed at getting more female voices onto our stages, Women Centre Stage was a varied and vibrant festival of “prompts and provocations”, garnering contributions from some … Continue reading →

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