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An overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today that explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, broken rules, and pushed boundaries.

Bradford, in the month of Ramadan. Shaz, a local garage mechanic, is trying to keep his business going despite the terrible scandal of Asian men involved in grooming young girls for sex in the area. Racists plan to march through the city in protest and Samina, Shaz's sister wants to make a speech at a counter-demonstration. Shaz just wants a quiet life so that his prospective in-laws will let him marry their beautiful daughter, but as the city gets swept up in the protest, his world gets turned upside down.

Neil Duffield's reworking of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairytale, The Nightingale (1844), like his earlier adaptation of Andersen's The Snow Queen, brings a timeless classic into the twenty-first century.

A story about friendship, drawing on myth and folklore, Sleeping Beauty is an exciting and enchanting new adaptation of the well-loved story.

Jane Campion is one of the few women film-makers working today who has managed to create a unique body of work. A true independent film-maker, yet she has attracted 'A' List Hollywood superstars to appear in her films. Who else but Jane Campion could have convinced a tattooed Harvey Keitel to run buck-naked through the New Zealand landscape in...

An ideal resource for anyone interested in the world of theatre for young audiences.

Contemporary subject matter--war and its consequences by an award-winning and popular children's author.

Contemporary subject matter--refugees and emigration.

Contemporary subject matter--Internet, crime, and rock music by an award-winning children's author.

An entertaining collection of new short plays specially commissioned for young people, this book is a great resource for schools, colleges and youth theatres. With contemporary themes and a wide variety of roles, this collection enables young people to engage with serious topics while enjoying all the fun of performance. Contents: LOL: LAUGHING OUT LOUD, CRYING INSIDEThis is a play about bullying and bystanding – exploring the complex new world of cyber-bullying and internet trolling. ''With the tragic consequences of cyberbullying being seen regularly in the media it is important that students are educated about the impact of their actions and the law surrounding this crime… LOL is a script I will return to again and again.'' Year 10 teacherROCKETFUELA forum-theatre play about peer pressure, making responsible choices about drinking and looking after your friends. ''Every child in my class was so absorbed in the play. You seem to have really hit the message home to them. A fantastic starting point for the rest of the year’s PSHE curriculum.'' Year 8 TeacherTHREE SHOESA play which explores children working on stage and screen in the past and present, taking in the backstage life of a choirboy at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, a pantomime babe in Victorian England, and a pair of young film stars in the glare of the media today.NOAHA colossal storm is brewing and the great flood is coming. Yet only one man and his family are doing anything to prepare. The rain starts to fall, the Ark’s doors close and an extraordinary journey must begin. ''a terrific re-imagining of the biblical story. Rachel Barnett’s writing is immediate, intelligent, bold, quirky, consistently surprising and compelling for young people.'' Youth Theatre Director, Chichester Festival TheatreReviews:“It’s never easy to find inclusive, meaty plays suitable for youth theatres or schools so this contribution from well-established children’s playwright Rachel Barnett is very welcome. Rocketfuel is a nicely balanced piece about risk taking and boundaries commissioned for gap year students to perform in secondary schools.'' Susan Elkin, The Stage''Rachel Barnett’s excellent play texts give voice to the concerns of young people, exploring options for dealing with the pressures of teenage life. Her production of Noah, which was performed by our Youth Theatre in 2012, was a gem of a show and makes you wonder why schools are still performing musicals and pantos when there is new writing of this standard out there.'' Jonathan Church, former Artistic Director, Chichester Festival Theatre

A new play set in post-war Korea that won the City of Melbourne Award for Original Play.

With grime music and Guyanese folk stories, Joseph Barnes-Phillips' semi-autobiographical monologue is a comic, tragic and honest portrayal of becoming a man. The story follows Rayleigh as he negotiates the tensions of growing up and taking responsibility - to his pregnant girlfriend, to his sick mother, to his church, to the multi-cultural community he grew up in and somewhere in the mix - to himself.

"Every time someone asks where I'm from, it's a reminder of how lucky and privileged I've been. In 1994 Rwanda was in the news for all the wrong reasons, it was being torn apart by a civil war and a genocide. Unlike millions of others, my family escaped. And we got all the support in the world because we were 'refugees'. But were we, really?"

A poetic and personal new play penned as a response to being sectioned under the UK's mental health act.

A timeless story brought to life for the stage in this vibrant new version by the award-winning children's playwright.

A new play that uses a cross-art form approach featuring live music, dance, video, sign language and subtitles.

The first play to explore the life and times of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus.

Voted the best book published about silent cinema in THE SILENT LONDON POLL OF 2016#1 Amazon Best Seller: Silent FilmNamed one of the Best Film Books of the Year by Huffington PostCovers the hidden history of cinema's diverse beginnings including American, European and African-American female filmmakers, cinematographers, editors, critics and screenwriters. With a never-before published interview with legendary director Dorothy Arzner.Essential reading for students of film studies, media, culture and gender/women studies. Taps into the current debate about discrimination within the media and creative industries.Concludes with a chapter by activist and film director Maria Giese, who instigated the Civil Liberties investigation into sexism in Hollywood, on the current status of women behind the camera in Hollywood today.

London, 1970: Experimental psychiatrist R.D. Laing is facing eviction from his pioneering asylum in the East End''s Kingsley Hall. Local residents are up in arms and to make matters worse, Ronnie s revolutionary colleague David Cooper is flipping out on the roof... Will Laing take a one-way trip to madness or can breakdown sometimes mean breakthrough?This manic farce explores the ideas of radical psychiatrist RD Laing on the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Association which he co-founded. His visionary ideas about the treatment of those with mental health issues, have now been incorporated into everyday practice. A fast-paced mind-bending play fun to perform.

Suitable for use in schools, colleges, youth theatres. Perfect for family audiences

A collection of seven of the best suffrage plays written to encourage their audiences to allow women the vote. Funny, biting, short and powerful, these plays are perfect for colleges, youth theatres and amateur dramatic societies who want to explore how an earlier generation dealt with misogyny.The astonishing women involved in the Actresses Franchise League set up their own theatre companies and engaged with the battle for the vote by writing and performing campaigning plays all over the country. They launched themselves onto the political stage with their satirical plays, sketches and monologues whilst at the same time challenging the staid conventions of the Edwardian Theatre of the day. The legacy of their inspiring work to change both theatre and society has survived in the political theatre, agit-prop and verbatim theatre we know today. Introduced and set in an historical context by Dr Susan Croft together with a chronology of suffrage drama.

Suitable for schools, colleges, and youth theaters to perform. Entertaining for family audiences.