Until now- Rebecca Lenkovitz has written a hard hitting play about women's lives which she says she wanted to reflect the prison like quality on the set

This play about the suffragettes is the first one written by a woman! since the theatre opened. Since Art can influence culture, I am appealing to women to get writing plays, to share their perspectives and their lives and to ensure that at least half the experience of the theatre going public is about women's perspectives.

I urge all our readers to go and see it if in the UK and if not- then please write and let me know if there has been gender balance in the selection of arts programmes in your country. We already know that there is not gender balance in art itself. If you have any information on this subject please email me Miriam Kennet at: greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com

Here is an article from the web about it :

Love is just fear I suppose. Masquerading as a fever. Then you explore each other and suddenly you have licence to become totally pedestrian. And ultimately abusive.

London 1913. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement is at its height. Thousands of women of all classes serve time in Holloway Prison in their fight to gain the vote. Amongst them is Lady Celia Cain who feels trapped by both the policies of the day and the shackles of a frustrating marriage. Inside, she meets a young seamstress, Eve Douglas, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos.

Men don't like to see a convoy of women. It unsexes us.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Her Naked Skin is set at a crucial moment when, with emancipation almost in sight, women refuse to let the establishment stand in their way.

In the progamme for Her Naked Skin, Diane Atkinson writes about the Suffragettes; you can read testimonies from some of those who were involved, and see images from the production and the period. Read an extract from Diane Atkinson's article.

World Premiere

From 24 July