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Tag Archives: women
All Change Please, Lucy Kerbel
Another week, another dispiriting gender equality statistic, as research by The Stage reveals 75% of West End musicals staged in the past decade had no women on their writing teams; removing jukebox shows from the equation, just 9% featured music by female composers. … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged all change please, book, broadwayworld, drama, equality, female, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, kids, lucy kerbel, musical, play, review, theatre, tonic theatre, west end, woman, women, youth
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Giacometti, Hokusai, Paula Hawkins and a feminist podcast
On my May MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Cutting a fine figure Giacometti’s full body of work revealed in a major Tate Modern retrospective Don’t miss: Making waves The British Museum goes beyond Hokusai’s iconic print Commuter corner Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged amanda mccall, art, arts, beauty and the beast, beyond the great wave, book, british museum, commute, commuter, exhibition, feminist, gallery, giacometti, gloria steinem, hokusai, into the water, japan, japanese, judy blume, london, magazine, makers, moveto, moveto town and country, ms marvel, museum, novel, oprah winfrey, paula hawkins, podcast, read, shonda rhimes, tate modern, the girl on the train, the great wave, things to do, things to see, thriller, women
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Brutus and Other Heroines, Harriet Walter
One of the big theatre stories of 2016 is women reclaiming Shakespeare, from Gillian Bevan’s Cymbeline and Michelle Terry’s Henry V to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Phyllida Lloyd’s landmark all-female trilogy starring Harriet Walter. Read my full BroadwayWorld review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged acting, actress, book, broadwayworld, brutus and other heroines, christmas, donmar, equality, feminist, gift, guide, harriet walter, kings cross theatre, phyllida lloyd, review, shakespeare, shakespeare trilogy, women
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BWW Interview: Leah Harvey
The actress discusses joining the all-female company of Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare Trilogy. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Shoreditch Town Hall
I hope there’s a time when we don’t feel that Alice Birch’s bold, blackly funny, uncompromising battle cry of a play is a necessary intervention. A time when we’re not reeling from – among many others – sexist Olympics commentary, … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alice birch, broadwayworld, emma fielding, erica whyman, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, inequality, porn, rape, review, revolt she said revolt again, rsc, sexism, shoreditch town hall, woman, women
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BWW Interview: Lauren Samuels
The actress talks sisterhood, sexual liberation and new musical Vanities. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
‘Good theatre should be provocative’
Hand to God actress Jemima Rooper talks puppetry, repression and blind casting. Read my full Ham & High interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, ben ockrent, blind casting, drama, ham and high, hand to god, interview, Jemima Rooper, london, newspaper, play, puppet, religion, theatre, vaudeville theatre, west end, women
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Listed: Suffragettes portrayed
Following the release of film Suffragette, theartsdesk explores other depictions of the women’s movement, from fiction and drama to documentary and song. Read the full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged abi morgan, bfi, bicycle, book, carey mulligan, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, comedy, cycling, drama, emeline pankhurst, fallings angels, feminism, feminist, fiction, film, her naked skin, hg wells, independence, meryl streep, movie, mr selfridge, mrs warrens profession, national theatre, no surrender, novel, olivier, pankhurst, parades end, play, protest, read, rebecca lenkiewicz, sarah gavron, shoulder to shoulder, song, suffrage, suffragette, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, up the women, vote, votes for women, war, woman, women, womens movement
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Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe
“Comedy, love and a bit with a dog,” counselled Henslowe in Stoppard’s Shakespeare in Love, and his populist advice is taken to heart in this broad, bawdy, big-hearted farce untroubled by nuanced characterisation or context. Jessica Swale’s modern-language Restoration romp ensures a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 17th century, actress, attitudes, backstage, brothel, burbage, charles II, cinderella, comedy, director, drama, dryden, Edward Kynaston, fan, farce, female, feminist, globe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, history, horrible histories, jessica swale, king, mistress, monarchy, nell gwynn, oranges, play, playwright, prostitute, restoration, review, royal, sex, shakespeare in love, shakespeares globe, sing, song, theatre, women, writer
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We Want You To Watch, National Theatre
“We’re completely pro sex.” Rashdash, who collaborated with Alice Birch on this anarchic challenge to pornography, are not objecting on prudish grounds – their concern is the corrosive impact of degrading, dehumanising material. We are all affected, and we all need … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alice birch, Beyoncé, dance, dancing, death, drama, elizabeth ii, feminism, feminist, gender, hardcore, her majesty, internet, kill, london, love, male gaze, movement, murder, national theatre, online, play, porn, pornography, rape, rapist, rashdash, review, sex, the arts desk, the queen, theartsdesk, theatre, torture, video, violence, violent, women
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