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Tag Archives: women
Female-led shows to see for International Women’s Day
From & Juliet to Six and The Drifters Girl. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, female, international womens day, london, london theatre, musical, play, theatre, west end, women
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Dull girl power speeches and wild sex do not make Bridgerton a feminist triumph
“We’re seeing this Regency romance through a feminist lens,” proclaimed actor Regé-Jean Page, who plays the hunky-but-tortured Duke of Hastings in Netflix’s bodice-ripper Bridgerton, in a recent interview. Co-star Phoebe Dynevor has also thrown around the F word, saying that … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged black, bridgerton, daphne, female, feminism, feminist, lady whistledown, love, marriage, netflix, penelope, period drama, queen charlotte, review, sex, telegraph, the duke, tv, women
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The Welkin, National Theatre
How can we know more about a comet in outer space than we do a woman’s body? So queries Lucy Kirkwood’s superb new history play – a feminist courtroom drama that’s equal parts Twelve Angry Men, The Crucible and The Vagina Monologues, plus a dash … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, feminist, gender, history, london, lucy kirkwood, maxine peake, national theatre, play, review, the welkin, theatre, trump, women
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What Girls Are Made Of, Soho Theatre
It’s now Edinburgh Fringe transfer season in London, but here’s one they made earlier: Cora Bissett’s Fringe First-winning autobiographical play from the 2018 Festival about her time in 1990s indie band Darlingheart. Though the broad shape of this tale is familiar, Bissett’s gig-theatre … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1990s, band, blur, britpop, cora bissett, darlingheart, edinburgh fringe, feminist, fife, gig theatre, girls, indie, london, metoo, music, nme, patti smith, play, pop, radiohead, review, rock, scotland, scottish, theartsdesk, theatre, women
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Top Girls, National Theatre
Caryl Churchill’s ground-breaking 1982 work comes to the National for the first time – and, also a first, with a full cast rather than actors doubling up, as the playwright had originally intended. It adds to the expansive feel of Lyndsey … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 80s, broadwayworld, caryl churchill, feminism, london, national theatre, play, review, thatcher, theatre, top girls, women
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Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre
“We are only as powerful as the stories we tell.” So proclaims poet and activist Emilia Bassano, as she wrestles back her own story in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s 2018 Globe hit – its raw, feminist, revolutionary power just as potent … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged book tickets, broadwayworld, charity wakefield, cheap tickets, emilia, female, feminist, gender equality, globe, london, morgan lloyd malcolm, play, poet, review, shakespeare, theatre, ticket deal, west end, women, write
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I’m Not Running, National Theatre
Britain’s foremost political playwright David Hare returns with a new play examining the current state of the Labour Party. Or not exactly – this is a world with no Brexit, no Corbyn, nothing, in fact, to anchor it to the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alex hassell, book tickets, broadwayworld, campaign, David Hare, doctor, female leader, hospital, i'm not running, joshua mcguire, labour party, mp, national theatre, nhs, politician, politics, review, sian brooke, women
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Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre
The first thing we see is Anna Fleischle’s Fifties-tastic giant doll’s-house set: each period-perfect room bathed in a different twinkling hue, flowers painted onto the brick wall, and jaunty music setting the tone. But Katherine Parkinson’s Judy is able to open the … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anna fleischle, book tickets, broadwayworld, feminism, feminist, fifties, hello i'm darling, home, homemaker, jive, katherine parkinson, laura wade, london, marriage, national theatre, nostalgia, review, sian thomas, tamara harvey, theatre, visit london, wife, women
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The future is female
Leading dancers and choreographers Kate Prince, Kloé Dean and Emma Houston discusses women in hip hop. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism
Tagged break dancing, breaking, choreographer, class, dance, dancer, dancing, emma houston, equality, female, gender, girls, hip hop, interview, kate prince, khloe dean, lesson, music video, sadlers wells, some like it hip hop, teacher, women, zoonation
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