For International Women's Day, Mama Quilla presents The Women Who, part of their Mentoring Women Writers Initiative. The evening features Alive but Not Living, three play “shards” by Kay Adshead. Set in Afghanistan, off the coast of Linosa, and on the precipice that is UK social care, these star Pauline Moran, Deni Frances and Lauren Cato.
New writing includes:
• The Meter Reading by Rhianna Powell
• A Certain Poetess by Anna Connolly-Quirós
• Vitruvian Man by Wendy Young
• Chapters by Tiwa Ayeni
• Red Seagull by Cherie Hughes
• Ki Makes Changes by Rika Fraser
• Why Create? by Ruth Vaughn
• Motherhood by Claire Nelson
• Part-Time Adrift by Judit Hollos
• We’re Fucked by Trisha Gibbons
Featuring Angela Garwood and Sandra Mills
Devised and Directed by Kay Adshead
Assistant Director Lucine Strecker
Supported by the Alexandra Palace
Mama Quilla is an award-winning, woman-led performing arts company that spotlights neglected human rights issues Their work has consistently garnered acclaim for its passionate concern for oppression and its ability to address public issues through art.
"The seed commission has made me feel supported, not just as an artist but also a woman of colour whose story needs to be heard."
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