New season of female playwrights announced at King’s Head Theatre

A news season of work by female playwrights has been announced at the King's Head Theatre beginning in April.

The Islington theatre's senior producer Louisa Davis said that as a female theatremaker, it was "becoming more and more frustrating seeing so much stage time being given to male voices", and so the season - titled Who Runs the World? - was their way of "doing something about it".

Who Runs the World? will run from 24^th April to 12^th May, and features plays by Sarah Milton, Felicity Huxley-Miners, Laura McGrady, Paperclip Theatre and Daisy King.

Sarah Milton will perform in her piece Tumble Tuck, which is about a competitive swimmer called Daisy in a world where winning and medals matter, but she struggles to understand how to define herself a success. It runs for the entirety of the run of the season.

In the Shadow of the Mountain is Felicity Huxley-Miners piece about a woman facing a mental health crisis as she battles with Borderline Personality Disorder. It will be presented by Instinct Theatre and Quantum Frolic Theatre from 24^th to 29^th April.

Sleepless Theatre will present Laura McGrady's Babybox from 1^st to 6^th May. It is a comedy about the dysfunctional relationships between sibling, 'complete with all the ins and outs that come with having a vagina.'

On 7^th May, Paperclip Theatre's Voices from the Deep will present a night of shorts set in Shakespearean verse tackling issues facing women across the world. They are written by Verift Fine Hosken, Rchel Archer, Samia Djilli and Jenny Richards.  

NOF*CKSGIVEN is Daisy King's play about Stacy, who is always the last person standing at every party. Described as an "anti-slut-shaming, heart-warming tale of what it's like to be a fiercely independent woman", it will run from 8^th to 12^th May.

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