Category Archives: plays

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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Fictionalising Fact: developing a play based on real stories

Posted on May 18, 2015 by 17Percent

First blog in a series by Sam Hall, about the process of developing a play. Continue reading →

Posted in 17percenters, Advice, Discussion, On writing, plays, Plays for today by women | Tagged female playwrights, My Mind is Free, playwriting, Rah Rah Theatre Company, writing | Leave a comment

Bridging the gap between art and life: The Lonely Soldier Monologues

Posted on May 11, 2015 by 17Percent

The Lonely Soldier Monologues by Helen Benedict. Review by Hannah Roe. Currently showing at the Cockpit Theatre. Continue reading →

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Helen Benedict’s play about women in war gets first UK outing

Posted on March 3, 2015 by 17Percent

Hannah Roe interviews Helen Benedict, award-winning journalist, novelist and writer of The Lonely Soldier Monologues, coming to the Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, in May. Continue reading →

Posted in Close_up, Interview, plays, Plays for today by women, plays to see, Women playwrights, women writers | Tagged Helen Benedict, PTSD, The Lonely Soldier Monologues, Women in war | Leave a comment

The ID Project’s first class success

Posted on February 26, 2015 by 17Percent

The first term of Sarah Hehir’s Medway-based writing ‘ID Project’ has been a total success. Continue reading →

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The Brontë Season returns to the West Country

Posted on February 20, 2015 by 17Percent

The Bronte Season returns to the West Country. Continue reading →

Posted in 17percenters, plays, Plays for today by women, plays to see, Women playwrights, women writers | Tagged Alison Farina, Butterfly Psyche, Livewire Theatre, The Bronte Season | 1 Comment

Represents script call out

Posted on December 16, 2014 by 17Percent

Whoop’n’Wail’s new showcase Represents… launched in November at Waterloo East Theatre and sold-out. Consisting of six fifteen-minute shorts, each piece of writing must pass the Bechdel Test – they must include at least two named female characters who, at some stage, talk to … Continue reading →