It’s that strange week between Christmas and New Year where time is measured in number of Lindor consumed, and setting foot outside the safety of your lovely, lethargic lounge feels positively heroic. If you’re lucky enough to have this stretch of daily cold spreads off work, then rest assured we’re not here to galvanise you into action, but rather enable your annual slump. Here are some of our fave feminist shows to stream before the countdown to NYE begins…
On October 7 2019, Chilean students decided to 'evade' public transport fees in response to a proposed fare hike. The people are fighting for a new normality, a new system, a new Chile. And it feels as though nothing can stop them.
If you were a die-hard Corbynista, voting Green for Greta Thunberg, or rooting for the Libs Dems in the 2019 General Election, you’re probably in despair about the results. Here’s how to enter 2020 feeling like you’re putting up a fight…
Billed as ‘a musical fable’ this sparkling production follows the highs and lows of life in show-business. We watch a pushy mother living vicariously through her daughters; an unmarried woman finding fulfilment in the shadow of the spotlight.
To honour the achievements of Leeds women, the public are being asked to nominate their local heroines for an exciting feminist sculpture project. Who will you nominate?
The Tories have never exactly been a woman's best friend. Guest contributor Alex Wright explains why voting for them on December 12th would be a blow to hundreds of years of feminism.
Playland is a meeting of two men in Apartheid South Africa. These men stand at the brink of a new decade, searching for redemption in the bright lights of the fun fair.
What’s a pain in the womb and shrouded in mystery? Female reproductive health, of course. When it comes to the ins and outs of the ovary club, there are a lot of things we don’t get taught - including anything useful about menopause.
We met with Sharla Smith, Rachel Summers and Gracy Goldman to discuss trade, a warm yet incisive three-woman play about sex tourism. Written by debbie tucker green, trade inspects the transactional nature of being, and holds up a mirror to vulnerability of lonely women and the delusion of White Brits abroad.
For centuries scholars have dissected the power of female characters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Now, in this new adaptation by Christopher Haydon, Macbeth herself questions the same.
In recent weeks, the fantastic #FridaysForFuture movement has brought millions to the streets, and there’s no doubt that the press coverage surrounding climate change has reached fever pitch. But as global awareness increases, it seems our political leaders move in the opposite direction, guffawing their way through the UN Climate Change Summit and fervently favouring profit over planet…
Daniel Kanaber’s new play is at once an in-depth conversation and a presentation of the unspoken. At the show’s heart, the titular moon shines a spotlight on the very human - rather, very male - struggle to communicate.
Harpy chats to Rosie Hilton about her creative process, the impact of gender identity on her work and the power of poetry as both personal exploration and instigator of social change.
Harpy talks to Josie Mackenzie about the creation of AMMA, women’s livelihoods on the tea estates in Sri Lanka, and how to change the global fashion industry by promoting sustainable working conditions and environmentally friendly products.
There are some books that change you. That alter your perception of yourself or the world, and once read you cannot go back to how you used to be. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias In A World Designed For Men by Caroline Criado Perez is one of those books for me. It is persuasive, addictive, and should be required reading, young or old, whatever your gender.
This cacophonous collage of individual stories certainly fulfils its ‘genre-defying’ promise. From poetry, beatboxing, breakdancing, and song, to aerial acrobatics and unforgiving satire, you can never be sure of what the next scene holds.
Lemon House Theatre (aka Jen and Samia) have landed with a splash - and are about to debut their first full-length productions at The Bunker in South London. Harpy caught up with the smart, savvy pair to talk about theatre, politics and why woman are ALWAYS funniest when they’re in the home. Catch Willow and Different Sand on the 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th September.
Flicking through endless, unoriginal, dating profile personality bumf gives me a sensation akin to the second-hand anxiety of watching bad stand-up comedy. And there’s one particular cliché I keep coming across that I think (as a matter of national emergency) we must acknowledge… Why do so many of men just want someone “who doesn’t take herself too seriously?”
Elysium Theatre Company’s production adheres to the period of the piece, whilst engaging in the timeless battle between servant and master, man and woman.
