With two days to go, I can’t
believe the play that started off as a discussion in the pub about the
challenges women have faced in the UK, is finally being premiered in London on
Tuesday.
On the whole, women are so
hugely self-deprecating about their achievements.
We’re rubbish at saying,
‘yes, you know what, this is good. What I am doing is good.’
We’re pre-programmed to
think that by doing this people will think we’re a show-off or big-headed.
And ironically, we’re also
pre-programmed to believe that might be the case when women do, occasionally,
talk positively or with confidence about what they’ve achieved.
When told we look nice, why
can’t we just say thank you?
Why do we follow it up with,
‘ but this top was only a quid from Mind.’
Or, ‘really? I only had time
to dry shampoo my hair and sponge the formula milk off my shoulder this morning, I thought I
looked like shit.’
Why don’t women ever just
take the plunge?
Say, you know what, what
I’ve just done is pretty ace. And I’m proud of it.
So.
I’m going to start.
I’m so very proud of the
play we have produced- Three Generations of Women.
And when I say we, I mean me and my friend Alice, who I run the theatre company, Broken Leg Theatre, with and, who has also co-written the play.
I mean the amazing
all-female creative team, many of whom are mums and are juggling a ridiculous
schedule but never appear anything other than professional.
And the hundreds of women we
spoke to as part of the research up and down the country who shared intimate,
brave stories with us.
And the thousands of women
who contributed to our website, sharing their experiences with us.
Even yesterday a women
submitted a profoundly moving story from her family:
‘In
the 1950s my sister had an illegitimate child who was brought up by another
sister as her child. Only my mother and the sisters concerned knew about it.
The child in question did not discover the truth until she was in her 30s.’
I’m
so proud of everyone who has been involved in this project, of which there are
thousands.
And this Tuesday night, we open the play that has been inspired by all of these
stories at Greenwich Theatre.
So if you can, come and
watch it. Come and meet me and Alice and all the brilliant women who have made
this idea that started as a conversation in a pub into a reality.
We’re also in Brighton,
Leeds and Manchester- dates below.
Or if you can’t see the
play, why not add your own story to the website?
Or read the stories that
have already been submitted.
Because there really are
some truly incredible women out there.
And I feel blessed and
honoured to know, have met, spoken to, or read the stories of, many of them.
Greenwich Theatre, London: Tues 1- Sat 5 March (including a Saturday matinee)
Carriageworks, Leeds: Thurs 10 March
The Old Market, Brighton: Tues 15 March
http://www.movies-out.com
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