New Festival of Fresh Feminist Voices Coming to Theatre N16 in October

Lexi Clare Productions presents MAIDEN SPEECH - A FESTIVAL OF FRESH FEMINIST VOICES, October 10th - October 21st, at Theatre N16.

From dark comedy to lip-sync, Shakespearean cabaret to rap, Maiden Speech is a new and exciting feminist theatre festival featuring a varied selection of original works exploring feminism today.

Bringing together ten exciting emerging artists, Maiden Speech promises to be a festival that entertains and provokes, engaging with questions of feminism and sexuality through a myriad of stories and styles. Brought to you by a team of recent Mountview graduates, each with their own distinct approach to feminism and theatre, this festival marks the first time these nine pieces have been performed on a London stage.

Festival shows include the fast-paced dark comedy Daisy, like the flower; a hilarious and heart-breaking one-woman show Purple Snowflakes and Titty Wanks; a musical one-woman show about sexuality and social conformity Inside Out; a lip-sync comedy (RE)Play; a one-woman hip-hop show in verse The White Feminist's Guide to Sex and Hip Hop; a one-woman show re-inventing the classic 90s film Pulp Fiction; a sisterly sex talk Ma, Am I Good in Bed?; a re-imagined fairytale with a capella Norwegian folk music Sisters of the Sea: The Little Mermaid Retold; and a new Shakespeare-inspired cabaret Much Ado About Hero.

Sherrill Gow, Artistic Mentor, says: "Maiden Speech unites a group of young artists, who explore and grapple with gender and sexuality in different ways; the outcomes are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes messy and sometimes unable to solve the problems presented on stage." Sherrill is currently Senior Acting Tutor and MA Supervisor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre N16 is a trailblazing London fringe venue, focused on producing and programming top quality new writing and selected existing works. Theatre N16 is proud of their commitment to the welfare and development of creatives, operating under an Equity Fringe Agreement. This promoting and nurturing of talent means that Theatre N16 is a bastion for development within the context of a society in which the arts are increasingly struggling to stay afloat.

IF YOU GO:

MAIDEN SPEECH: A FESTIVAL OF FRESH FEMINIST VOICES

Producer Lexi Clare Productions

Performance Dates:
October 10th 2017 - October 21st 2017
Tuesday - Saturday, 7.30pm and 8.20pm
Saturday matinees at 3pm, 4pm and 6.30pm

Festival Line Up:

Daisy, like the flower - Ashleigh Laurence - 10th, 20th & 21st @ 7.30pm

Purple Snowflakes and Tittywanks - Sarah Hanly - 10th, 20th & 21st @ 8.20pm

Inside Out - Christine Bloom - 11th & 13th @ 7.30pm; 14th @ 4pm

(RE)Play - Rachel Causer - 11th, 13th & 19th @ 8.20pm

The White Feminist's Guide to Sex and Hip Hop - Roxane Bourges - 12th & 14th @ 7.30pm

Pulp Fiction: The One Woman Play - Niamh Watson - 12th, 14th & 18th @ 8.20pm

Sisters Of The Sea: The Little Mermaid Retold - Mina Dahle - 14th & 21st @ 3pm; 17th @ 7.30pm

Ma, Am I Good In Bed? - Roisin Bevan and Sinead Bevan - 14th & 21st @ 6.30pm; 18th @ 7.30pm

Much Ado About Hero - Lexi Clare and Amy Le Rossignol - 17th @ 8.30pm; 19th @ 7.30pm; 21st @ 4pm

All performances take place at Theatre N16, The Bedford Pub, 77 Bedford Hill, London SW12 9HD

Ticket Price: £10 / £5 (every subsequent ticket) / £25 festival pass (ticket to all shows)
Box Office: Theatre N16 (lineupnow.com/event/maiden-speech-festival)

For more information, visit www.theatren16.co.uk, call +44 7969138899 or email theatren16@gmail.com.

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