Feminist Theatre

[neepsntatties]

I wanted to ask a couple of questions. Firstly I wondered if anyone had seen any feminist theatre and if so what was it like.

Secondly I am going to be working on a piece of work over the next year and I just wanted to run a couple of ideas by you all to see what sort of reaction they get.

I've been reading all the threads on here and thinking about the way our bodies are a kind of battle ground. I hope that makes sense, I am thinking that there is this sort of war on women which ranges from painful beauty practices to sexual violence. I am then thinking about ways of fighting back - the resisting femininity thread comes to mind and I am wondering about ways sexual abuse/rape survivors can reclaim their bodies if that makes sense.

Anyway I know this is all a bit vaugue but I am only at the start of thinking of this. I am wondering about creating some kind of community project where women can send in their ways of resisiting through images or text or videos or anything they like really that I could then use as research or as part of a performance. Do you think that would be something people would be interested in or do you think it sounds daft?

All thoughts appreciated!

I remember you posting about your production, I would have loved to have seen it. I am based in Scotland but I will be in London regularly this year for a course I am doing so I will pm you about the group on the off chance I can actually make it at some point.

I am still thinking about this. I think I am beginning to move in a bit of a different direction though. Initially I was thinking of something quite hard hitting, angry but I feel like I would like to do something positive now. Something that is the opposite to what is happening if that makes sense, something that makes women feel good about being women, something with a sense of celebration to it perhaps.

I would love to keep talking about this, I don't get the chance to have these kinds of conversations in real life and I would love to be kept up to date with what you are working on.