Little Wimmin
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Times: 8:00pm
Tickets: Pay What You Can (suggested price £20)
Running Time: 2 hours including an interval
Age Guidance: 12+
This event takes place in person in our Grand Hall.
Figs in Wigs are coming out of isolation and this time they’ve got their period
(dresses)
Presenting a live art, feminist ‘adaptation’ of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women. Wild, irreverent and cosmically comical, this production dismantles the traditional canon to make way for the doomed future of humankind.
Prepare to laugh at the traditions of theatre and poke fun at people’s obsession with ‘the classics’ as the Figs use the story as their very own trojan horse, turning it on its head and mutating it into an unrecognisable cartoon catastrophe that talks about climate change, astrology and the infinite nature of the universe.
P.S. Beth dies.
“…a boisterous piss-take – of theatre, literary analysis and the canon.”
★★★★ The Guardian
“Stuffed with glorious visual and verbal puns… moments of sublime humour”
British Theatre Guide
“…exuberant, funny and winningly tongue-in-cheek”
The State of the Arts
Little Wimmin was co-commissioned by HOME Manchester and by Cambridge Junction through Stobbs New Ideas Fund. Funded by Arts Council England. It’s creation was also supported by the artsdepot Creation Space Bursary, Battersea Arts Centre, Pleasance Theatre, New Diorama, Metal Southend and Queen Mary University of London.
Part of our OverCome Season
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COVID-SECURE MEASURES
We are a COVID secure venue and are following guidelines set out by the government to make your visit a safe and enjoyable one.
Mask wearing is required for all adult audience members whilst sat in performance spaces and when moving around our building (unless exempt).
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We are offering a limited amount of socially distanced performances for most events.
Fewer tickets will be sold for these performances providing more space for audiences to be social distanced.
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ACCESS
This event takes place in person in our Grand Hall.
If you’ve booked a ticket, you’ll receive an email in advance with helpful information before the performance.
Content
- This show includes flashing lights, strobe, haze, distressing soundscape, screaming, and an OTT death scene
- There will be moments of almost complete darkness.
- There will be loud music and sounds.
All performances will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.
Further Information
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