(the) Woman
By Jane Upton, Directed by Angharad Jones
M is a writer. M is a mother. M is a woman.
The triumph of M’s hit play is hijacked by motherhood – M is burnt out, angry, lonely, craving intimacy but disengaged, and terrified of the future.
She wants to tell her story, her way. But, everyone around her shares their opinions on who she is, who she should be and how she’s f*cking everything up.
Fiercely funny and brutally honest, award-winning writer Jane Upton’s Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play shatters the glossy veneer of motherhood, exposing its raw, messy truth, and dares to question the definition of (her) self.
New Perspectives Theatre Company in association with Park Theatre.
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Evenings
19:30
Thu & Sat15:00
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Duration
Approx 90 mins
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Genre
Drama
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Age guidance
15+
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Content warnings
This production contains references to baby loss.
Content Warnings
This production contains references to baby loss.
Also contains strong language and references of a sexual nature.
Cast and creatives
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Jane Upton
Writer
Jane Upton
Writer
Jane’s plays include The Price of Home (Paines Plough & Derby Theatre: Come to Where I Am, S6); Finding Nana (Pleasance Edinburgh Festival, dir Katie Posner, New Perspectives); All the Little Lights (Fifth Word, UK tour, Arcola Theatre); Watching the Living – an adaptation of two short stories by Daphne Du Maurier (New Perspectives, UK tour); Swimming (Menagerie Theatre, Hotbed Festival, Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Festival) and Bones (Fifth Word, Edinburgh Festival and UK tour). After being nominated by Paines Plough, Jane won the Adopt a Playwright Award 2024. All the Little Lights was nominated for Best Play for the 2019 OFFIES and for the 2017 Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards; it was joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. The play is published by Nick Hern Books. Jane received a bursary from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and was shortlisted for CBBC New Voices Initiative.
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Angharad Jones
Director
Angharad Jones
Director
Angharad is Artistic Director/CEO of New Perspectives. Before joining New Perspectives she co-founded and led new writing company Fifth Word for 15 years. Directing credits include: Model Village (UK tour); The Swearing Jar (UK tour); The Great Almighty Gill (Edinburgh Fringe/UK tour); script in hand reading of MARYLAND by Lucy Kirkwood; The Fishermen (Associate Director, world premiere tour and West End run); LAVA (world premiere Nottingham Playhouse, Soho & UK tour); All The Little Lights (Associate Director, Nottingham Playhouse/UK tour – joint winner of the George Devine Award and nominated for Best New Play at the Writers’ Guild Awards); Bones (Edinburgh Fringe/Tristan Bates Theatre/UK tour) and Painkillers (Edinburgh Fringe & UK tour). New Perspectives co-productions include: We Need New Names in association with Brixton House and Make Good – The Post Office Scandal Musical with Pentabus, marking the Golden Anniversary of both companies.
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