I am writing this post on ‘Hear Me Roar: Ages, Stages, Phases’ from a double perspective. Through one lens I see it as someone who was part of the team involved in organising this feminist arts festival (with most of the hard work being undertaken by unflagging, (very) creative producer, Leo Burtin.) Through the other … Continue reading
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Part 2: ‘Old Dears’ at the Chelsea Theatre London, 27th and 28th of November 2015
As indicated in my previous post, I want to continue discussing this LADA curated ‘Old Dears’ event, in the light of some themes opened up by Liz Aggiss’s show The English Channel (see post here) Penny Arcade. The spirit of ‘carnival’ that I identified in Aggiss’s piece was perhaps less obviously present in the performance given … Continue reading
‘Old Dears’ at the Chelsea Theatre London November 2015 (Part 1).
Curated by the Live Art Development Agency (LADA), ‘Old Dears’ took place over the 27th and 28th of November at the Chelsea Theatre, Worlds End, London and was billed as being dedicated to the ‘radical influential and fiercely feminist practices of an older generation of artists’. The impressive programme featuring women ranging from around 45 … Continue reading
Waking the Feminists .
On Wednesday 28 October, the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s National Theatre, launched its programme to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising – an event that ultimately led to the founding of the Irish State. The Abbey Theatre and its members were actively involved in both the Rising itself and the debates around the founding of … Continue reading
40 Minutes. Lena Simic. The Institute for Art and the Practice of Dissent at Home, Liverpool.
On Sunday the 30th November I went to a performance entitled 40 Minutes given by Lena Simic at the Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home. This event was also a party to mark Lena’s 40 birthday and the ‘Institute’ is actually based in the spare room of her home in Anfield, … Continue reading
Theatre as Voice (a guest blog by Emily Jones)
This is a guest post by Emily Jones, a third year Theatre student at Lancaster. Emily originally wrote this for a half-day Gender and Women’s Studies seminar which I co- organised with a colleague Anne Cronin (from Sociology) entitled ‘Is the Personal Still Political?: Young Women and Sexualisation’. The impetus for this seminar was our … Continue reading
Orphan Black vs Broadwalk Empire and Game of Thrones.
Currently airing on BBC 3, Canadian Sci-Fi series Orphan Black has nothing like the budget or so far the ‘must see/cult/ TV’ status of Broadwalk Empire (of which I’ve only seen series one) let alone Game of Thrones (of which I’ve seen series one to three) but in comparison is a breath of fresh air. … Continue reading
Scott and Bailey
Originally one of the reasons for starting this blog was that Elaine and I wanted an outlet to express our enthusiasm for the TV police drama Scott and Bailey. Based on an idea by performers Suranne Jones who plays Rachel Bailey and Sally Lindsay and written by Sally Wainwright who also wrote Last Tango in … Continue reading
Inspector Norse by Lipservice. Lancaster Grand March 2013
Although over the years they have worked with a wide range of talented directors, designers, technicians and administrators, essentially Lipservice is a two woman operation. Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding established the company in Manchester in the mid 1980s and over the years it has developed something of the status of ‘an institution’, at least … Continue reading
So Did One Billion Rise (and The Vagina Monologues, Lancaster).
Global So did one billion rise? It is hard to tell. In the UK this was partly because the main news channels did not appear to perceive this worldwide campaign to highlight and protest against rape and violence against one billion women per year to be a ‘top’ story. Indeed for the BBC it appears … Continue reading
Drama Queens Review 