Projects

Comprising of three monologues by three different playwrights, this funny, moving and intimate production explores wide ranging experiences of women of retirement age.

Developed from research with women in Balsall Heath, INTO THE WATER was an engaging new aquatic theatre performance about the role of water in women’s lives.

We recruited a young leaders group of NEET Young People aged 16-25 who were actively involved in the design, planning and delivery of a youth theatre programme for younger people aged 11 upwards.

In 2005, the MG Rover factory in Longbridge closed its doors for the last time. With over 100 years of history in the area, the loss of the factory had a huge impact on the community and it’s members.

Following a successful scratch performance at the Bedlam Festival in 2017, we are happy to announce that we are developing a full version of STUFF in collaboration with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and supported by the Arts Council England.

As the population lives longer the care of our elders becomes a pressing issue for us all. Health and social services and the wider community all share responsibility for stepping up to the challenge of providing sustainable, dignified care – including promoting emotional and mental wellbeing – in the last part of citizens lives, PHYLLIS explores these issues and asks the vital question “How can we make the system work better for everyone?”

In Autumn 2017 we worked with 3 groups of girls to create short films that responded to MAC’s Women and Protest season. We worked with young carers, Looked After young people and young people with additional needs in partnership with Spurgeons, Swiis Foster Care and Fox Hollies School.

Building on the success of previous one-off projects, Women & Theatre launched Word Lounge Theatre Company in 2018, working with disadvantaged young people in collaboration with Birmingham Hippodrome, The REP and MAC – Midlands Art Centre until Spring 2020. During the Covid-19 Pandemic Word Lounge Theatre Company continue to work with the young people online.

Developed from research interviews, Rocking the Wire is an engaging new production inspired by the experiences of Birmingham women at Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.

The resulting production, Open Doors, was an uplifting and inspirational play in which a street comes together by opening its doors. Rooted in the voices and experiences of real women, the production included a diverse range of stories, some recorded and some performed live, including bi-lingual sections.

Women & Theatre in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre developed a brand new production that explored and exposed the reality of five young women entering the world of work in 2016.

Theatres of Conscience was a theatre and heritage project exploring the experiences of Conscientious Objectors during WWI.