Moving towards the end of our R&D with Town Hall, this morning we’ll run together all we’ve done so far and explore its rhythms and surprises, where it’s clear, and think about the how of the many moments when we will be with our audience for the first time, in just two days, on Sunday 16th. This is maybe the … Read more
In 2016 high street chain British Home Stores was closing down. The pensions of 22,000 BHS employees were in jeopardy because the pension fund had been allowed to go into debt during the chain’s ownership by Sir Phil Green, a man described by some as “the unacceptable face of capitalism”. This seemed to me an appalling state of affairs. People … Read more
What representation meant to us: Om Shanti F*ck by Natasha Kathi-Chandra: I was working the confines of a Monday to Friday , whilst still working within theatre teaching on a Saturday and by Sunday morning I was utterly exhausted and extremely opposed to attending this writers workshop I had signed up for ages ago. With the right support and encouragement … Read more
“In the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.” – Elizabeth I When we started toying with the idea of making a show centred on virginity, we had no idea why the word ‘virginity’ existed. We didn’t know the reason for its … Read more
Kind of Woman was born out of anger and confusion when I fully realised the abusive nature of a past relationship. The strange things that had happened began to resurface and I understood that the way that I’d been treated and made to feel incredibly uncomfortable and unsure of myself, was not okay. I never thought that playing around, exploring … Read more
Writing a solo show may seem GLAM and COOL and many other punchy 4 letter words – but in reality most of the writing process, for me at least, has been just sitting behind my laptop doing hours of research and devising that may or may not be helpful or interesting. Which is why I would like to take this … Read more
I wanted to write about our show, Are There Female Gorillas?, about its importance, its themes of body hair and female bodies, its humour and absurdism. But I started to think about the process and the development of this piece of joyful weirdness, and that is its own very important story. We’ve probably all read Lyn Gardner’s article by now. … Read more
I always get a little anxious when people ask how long it took me to write Friday Night Love Poem. The version that will be on the CPT stage took me about 4 years to write. But if I’m being totally honest, the idea for the play was born in the summer of 2011. I was 21 years old, I had just … Read more
I’ve known I was going to make a show about birth for a long time. A very long time. About ten years in fact, ever since I had my daughter. But the problem was, I am my own worst audience member. What I mean by that is, I don’t think I would go and see a show about birth- and … Read more
We are FRISKY and this is Girl World. We are thrilled to be a part of CDD19 and so we wanted to write a blog post to tell you a little more about us, the shows development, our attitudes to kicking up the dust on mis-told female narratives, and how you can get involved with our future project! The piece … Read more