Blog: An actor writes – Why isn’t theatre interested in women?
The Donmar Warehouse's all-female Julius Caesar Being an unemployed actor, I have lots of time to sit and wonder why I’m an unemployed actor. It could be th...
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Billy the Girl: getting to know Clean Break
Laura Turner speaks to writer Katie Hims about Clean Break's new show Billy the Girl, informed by workshops conducted with female prisoners.
Blog: An actor writes – All-female/all-black theatre – a step in the right direction?
As you will have gathered, I am positively a wilting flower when it comes to discussing social issues, and have not in any way been known to bore on and on on...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Nirbhaya
How to write about this show? This is a play beyond words, above star ratings and separate from the usual concerns of reviewing: it would feel pointless, wrong ...
Feature: Smooth faced gentlemen – all-female Shakespeare
Members of all-female Shakespeare company Smooth Faced Gentlemen tell Olivia Luder about dipping into male characters, crying onstage and looking beyond a chara...
The Thrill of Love
It's hard not to feel a little bit grubby after watching Amanda Whittington's play about the last woman in England to be hanged: we are invited into her life in...