Little Miss Burden with Matilda Ibini
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
is a playwright and screen-writer from East London. She is the writer of Little Miss Burden, a five-star-reviewed coming-of-age tale that smashes together 90s nostalgia, Nigerian family, East London and Sailor Moon to tell the sometimes tricky, often funny truth about growing up with a physical impairment. Matilda also recently worked as dramaturg on Eve Leigh’s Midnight Movie, a new play exploring what it is like to have a digital body, when your physical body is always glitching and letting you down. is at The Bunker until Dec 21 is at The Royal Court until...
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Islamophobia and Trojan Horse with Madiha Ansari
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
Madiha Ansari specialises in cultural engagement, specifically for communities of South Asian women. She is the founder and director of arts-based social enterprise The Cultural Ecology Project which aims to make art accessible to those in the most deprived and vulnerable areas of society. You can contact her at or follow her at Madiha's #feministfaves were the Cate Blanchet and the Pakistani movie Pippa’s is Beth's is More recommendations... The Bunker Nov 17 & 18 & is on until 23rd November. Use ticket discount to join us for our...
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Red Palace
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
is a singer, pianist, performer, and tutor currently playing Mermaid, Baba Yaga in Red Palace. is a performer, actor, and drag-dabbler currently playing Prince, Wolf, and an unnamed mystery character in Red Palace. is a Shotgun Carousel production, written by Cressida Peever and directed by Celine Lowenthal. It’s running at The Vaults until January 12. Porscha’s #FeministFaves are femmes with facial hair, the online community founded by Adwoa Aboah, and the model . Milly’s #FeministFave is the tattoo artist who focuses on tattooing as a sacred and ancient...
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Parakeet with Brigitte Aphrodite & Michelle Tiwo
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
This is the fourth episode in a series of podcasts covering Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Listen back to the previous episodes with , , and , and look out on our social media for tour dates to see their shows. You can now with a monthly donation of $1. is a punk poet, musician, writer, theatre maker and feminist showgirl. Brigitte is the writer of Parakeet, and performs as a parakeet underscoring the show. is an actor, poet and model, and the lead performer in Parakeet. Brigitte’s #FeministFaves are… Music: , , , , , , Books: , ’s books for children &...
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"Carnival is Gay as Shit" in Splintered with Emily Aboud & Charlotte Dowding
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
is the director and writer of is one of the three performers in Splintered. Splintered is a production which uses cabaret, carnival, and recorded interviews with LGBTQ+ people in Trinidad and Tobago to tell the stories of Queer people in the Caribbean. It’s on Emily’s #FeministFaves are soca artist & dancehall artist . Charlotte’s #FeministFave is , and her book . Other #EdFringe shows mentioned in this episode... at Assembly George Square at 12:10 at Assembly Roxy at 15:45 every other day (listen to our previous episode featuring )...
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Burgerz with Travis Alabanza
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
is a performer, writer and theatre-maker based in London (via Bristol). Their show is on at the Traverse Theatre at varying times until August 25th (except the 5th, 12th & 19th), and then on tour, going to Dublin, Newcastle, Glasgow, Warwick, Birmingham, Bristol, and London’s Southbank Centre. Travis’ #FeministFave is community activist, writer, trainer & facilitator . Pippa’s #FeministFave is singer-songwriter . Beth’s #FeministFave is the organisers of , , and . Travis’ #EdFringe show recommendations are... Zoo Southside 14:20 (Aug 19-25th)...
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The Queer House Double Bill with Mika Johnson & Teddy Lamb
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
This episode is the first Bechdel Theatre podcast from Edinburgh Fringe 2019! Follow us on & , and read our for constant updates of EdFringe shows to see. If you want to support our work at Edinburgh you can still do so via our , , and pages. is a writer and performer from Nottingham. Their show is on at Assembly Roxy at 15:45 on odd dates. is a playwright and theatre-maker from Warwickshire. Their show Since U Been Gone is on at Assembly Roxy at 15:45 on even dates. Mika and Teddy’s shows are both being co-produced by and Theatre. The Queer...
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Salt with Selina Thompson and Rochelle Rose
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
is an artist and performer based in Leeds, who has been creating autobiographical work since 2014. salt. Is part of a wider body of Selina’s work looking at Black British identity. It focuses on grief, home, Afro-pessimism, the Black Atlantic, the forgetting of the UK’s colonial history and the impact that has on the daily life of Caribbean communities in the UK today. is an actor and singer who is playing the role of The Woman in salt. for the show’s Royal Court run. You can see until June 1st. We also recommend checking out Selina’s . which includes books,...
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Wondrous Vulva & The Vagina Museum
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
Florence Schechter is the founder of the Vagina Museum, which will be the first ever bricks-and-mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy. You can donate to the Vagina Museum's Crowdfunder to help them make the museum a physical reality.
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Live at VAULT 2019 with Lyn Gardner and Ava Wong Davies
Bechdel Theatre Podcast
This episode was sponsored by . is the critic for the . In the past she has written theatre reviews for The Guardian, The Stage and The Independent. She also writes children’s novels. writes about theatre for , The Stage, and on her own blog. Her debut as a playwright: i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) was at VAULT Festival this year. Read what Lyn wrote about Ava’s play i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) on , and Pippa’s piece of about the play on our blog. Ava's #FeministFave was her friend , who writes about theatre, art and...
info_outlinePorscha Present is a singer, pianist, performer, and tutor currently playing Mermaid, Baba Yaga in Red Palace.
Camilla Harding is a performer, actor, and drag-dabbler currently playing Prince, Wolf, and an unnamed mystery character in Red Palace.
Red Palace is a Shotgun Carousel production, written by Cressida Peever and directed by Celine Lowenthal. It’s running at The Vaults until January 12.
Porscha’s #FeministFaves are femmes with facial hair, the Gurls Talk online community founded by Adwoa Aboah, and the model Sophia Hadjipanteli.
Milly’s #FeministFave is the tattoo artist Mani.Tattoo who focuses on tattooing as a sacred and ancient art, and often tattoos darker skin and people of colour.
Beth’s #FeministFaves are the apocalyptic zombie movie The Girl With All The Gifts netflix, and the documentary about women running for congress Knock Down The House netflix.
Pippa’s #FeministFaves are lesbian activist singer-songwriter Grace Petrie and her song Black Tie, plus a series of articles about Butch identities recently published on Refinery29: Butch Is Beautiful, and A Butch Dandy & A Trans Man Get Real About The Intersection Of Their Identities.
More recommendations...
The Pleasance Theatre’s Best of Edinburgh Fringe including:
Bible John & Honeybee Nov 2 - 3
Madame Ovary Nov 8 - 10
A History of Water In The Middle East The Royal Court until Nov 16
i will still be whole (when you rip me in half) bunker The Bunker Nov 12 - 23
(Read Pippa’s blog response to i will still be whole, and listen to our podcast episode with writer Ava Wong Davies)
Before I Was A Bear The Bunker Nov 12 - 23
(Use the discount code BECHDEL10 for a cheap ticket and join us for a post-show audience conversation about Before I Was A Bear on Thurs Nov 21)
Girl From Nowhere at The Bedford Nov 13 - 14
I’m A Phoenix, Bitch at HOME Manchester Nov 26 - 30
Plant Fetish at HOME Manchester Nov 27 - 30
Abortion Rights Abortion Cabaret at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club on Nov 6.
Fokin’ Bring It On Lads at Rosemary Branch Nov 6 - 9
[Blank] The Donmar Warehouse until Nov 30.
Burgerz on tour, tickets available in Warwick, Birmingham, Bristol, and Cambridge, until Dec 1.
(Listen to our podcast episode with Travis Alabanza)
Queens of Sheba touring to Bristol, Warwick, Battersea, Essex & Leicester. Until Nov 29.
(Listen to our podcast episode talking about Queens of Sheba)
Trojan Horse touring to Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Halifax, Liverpool, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Hull, Lancaster, Norwich, Mold, Bradford, London, and Birmingham. Until Nov 21.
It’s True, It’s True, It’s True touring to Manchester, Doncaster, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle, East Riding, Warwick, Salisbury York, Plymouth, Oxford, Halifax and Leeds. Until Nov 23.
Desiree’s Coming Early Soho Theatre Nov 11 – 23
Since U Been Gone Camden People’s Theatre Nov 19 – 20
(Listen to our podcast episode with Teddy Lamb)
I, AmDram Camden People’s Theatre Nov 26 – 30.