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Stories

Stories

By Nina Raine

A funny and touching new play about the fertilisation of an idea.

Rathmines Road

Rathmines Road

By Deirdre Kinahan

Fraught, funny, and ferocious, a play that challenges the cultural response to accusations of sexual assault.

The Sweet Science of Bruising

The Sweet Science of Bruising

By Joy Wilkinson

An epic tale of passion, politics and pugilism in the world of 19th-century women’s boxing.

Queen Margaret

Queen Margaret

By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare

Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

Steel

Steel

By Chris Bush

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

Snatches: Moments from 100 Years of Women's Lives

Eight Monologues

Created by Vicky Featherstone By various

A collection of monologues that document, remember and bear witness to a century of struggle for progress and equality for women in the United Kingdom.

Bold Girls

Bold Girls

By Rona Munro

A sharply funny, moving play set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and celebrating women’s strength under siege.

Wilderness

Wilderness (short play)

By April De Angelis

A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

Published in volume Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women
    Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

    Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

    By various Edited by Sue Parrish

    A collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.

    How to Not Sink

    How to Not Sink

    By Georgia Christou

    A short play by Georgia Christou that looks at duty, love and dependency across three generations of women.

    The Nightclub

    The Nightclub

    By Chloe Todd Fordham

    A short play about three very different women at a gay nightclub in Orlando, who are caught up in a terrifying hate crime.

    Fucking Feminists

    Fucking Feminists

    By Rose Lewenstein

    A fiercely funny short play by Rose Lewenstein, investigating what feminism means, and what it has become.

    Tituba

    Tituba

    By Winsome Pinnock

    Tituba by Winsome Pinnock is a one-woman show about Tituba Indian, the enslaved woman who played a central role in the seventeenth-century Salem Witch Trials.

    The Road to Huntsville

    The Road to Huntsville

    By Stephanie Ridings

    A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

    White Lead

    White Lead

    By Jessica Siân

    A short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker

    A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

    Not Talking

    Not Talking

    By Mike Bartlett

    A gripping and lyrical play from the Olivier award-winning writer, examining what happens if we live a life of not talking.

    The Writer

    The Writer

    By Ella Hickson

    A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

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