Böcker av Alice (Author) Birch

Through a series of arresting vignettes and a collection of nameless characters, Alice Birch examines the language, behaviour and forces that shape women in the 21st century. The play asks what's stopping us from doing something truly radical to change them?Written in response to the provocation that well-behaved women seldom make history, the play is an assault on the language that has fueled violence against women throughout history. Problematic language frequently attached to women is interrogated, from lazy sexist clichés to the conventions around a marriage proposal. Through doing so, the play rails against the conventions of work, sex, motherhood, aging and love. Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again was first performed at the 2014 Midsummer Mischief Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. It transferred to the Royal Court Upstairs and was more recently produced at New York's Soho Rep.It is published here in a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Marissia Fragkou, who locates the play in our contemporary political and cultural context (including second- and third-wave feminism, and the #MeToo movement).

Explores the effect of the criminal justice system on women and their families.

Drawn from over 40 years of writing from Clean Break theatre company, this collection features the unheard voices in the criminal justice system. Offeringa diverse set of monologues representing a range of characters in age, ethnicity and lived experience, Monologues for Women by Women is just that: an opportunity for female performers to celebrate the opportunities inherent in allowing women to represent themselves in theatre. The collection includes a both published and unpublished works and features writers such as: Chloë Moss, Theresa Ikoko, Alice Birch, Winsome Pinnock, Tanika Gupta, Lucy Kirkwood and many more.

A dark, volatile new play by the George Devine Award-winning playwright Alice Birch.

This Summer 2014, the RSC are producing a festival of new plays, in a purpose-built temporary studio on the current Courtyard Theatre stage. The festival is led by Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman with four new short plays by leading female British playwrights.