Originally published by Exeunt Magazine In a piece for Exeunt in 2014 on the first production of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Dan Hutton noted that feminist theatre was having a moment, “with a new passion and quality of debate which I’ve not experienced in my years of theatre-going”. The moment endured: over the last 10 years, feminist theatre … Continue reading Ten Years of Feminist Theatre in Ten Plays
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Review: RashDash’s Three Sisters at the Yard Theatre
Dear RashDash, I know you don’t like critics because Abbi read out a lot of reviews of famous Chekhov productions very fast, wearing a ruff and sequined hot pants. But I promise I won’t rate you out of five or patronise you with a gold star or give you a quotable soundbite to put your posters. … Continue reading Review: RashDash’s Three Sisters at the Yard Theatre
Review: I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream at Vault Festival
I want to start at the end of I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream. The six women in the cast stand in a circle to play a game, swapping places with each other to avoid being the one left in the middle. At first they jostle and shout at each other, then subside into … Continue reading Review: I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream at Vault Festival
Review: Adam & Eve at the Traverse
I am not normally a person who cries in the theatre. I think I’ve cried once before (Nirbhaya, created by Yaël Farber and company, at the fringe 2013). I’ve had near misses a couple of times, prickles that are easily blinked away. But as I was watching Adam I felt tears pool in my eyes. They overflowed … Continue reading Review: Adam & Eve at the Traverse
Dr Hannah Greenstreet 