Given the persistent inequalities of the theatre profession, Sue Parrish, artistic director of the Sphinx Theatre (http://www.sphinxtheatre.co.uk/), the UK’s longest running women’s theatre company, launched the ‘sphinx test’. The idea for the test was proposed by Rosalind Philips and developed with Helen Barnett and Parrish. It’s inspired by the Bechdel test for film which prompts … Continue reading
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Announcing Hear Me Roar 2016: Ages, Stages, Phases in Lancaster 8-13th March
I am thrilled to draw your attention to Lancaster’s Feminist Arts Festival-Hear Me Roar 2016: Ages, Stages, Phases. This will take place in various venues around Lancaster (UK) between the 8-13th March Highlights include: World-renowned artist and activist Lois Weaver performs as her alter-ego, Tammy WhyNot, in What Tammy Needs to Know about Getting Old … Continue reading
Post-postfeminism?: Amelia Bullmore’s Di and Viv and Rose (2011), April De Angelis’s Jumpy (2011) and The Awkward Squad by Karin Young’
I recently had an article with the above title published in the theatre journal The Contemporary Theatre Review. The publishers have informed me that I can offer 50 ‘free views’ of this article on ‘my social media’. It should appeal to those interested in recent plays in the UK that are either ‘about’ or concerned … Continue reading
Contemporary Gendered Performance & Practice – Queen’s University, Belfast
In recent years it has been the exception rather than the rule to encounter conferences engaging with gender, theatre and performance matters – or, to put this another way, with the idea that gender does indeed still matter in our discipline/s. And so it is that I come to find myself personally and politically heartened … Continue reading
Drama Queens Review 