Write the Girl What is it?
What’s Involved
professionals to support playwrights in creating the
The project is designed to provide a wonderful experience
Write the Girl is a partnership between schools and theatre powerful, meaningful stories young women deserve. Schools select a play from our play-pack, commission a playwright, and collaborate on a creative journey from pen to stage. The result? New plays that feature large casts, challenge, and engage young women - often marginalised by a
Performances from pen to stage
for the writers, performers and schools which put on the productions and ultimately the audience. Writers are given the opportunity of their developing ideas, and through workshops to develop their ideas and be given
male-dominated canon - on the main stage.
constructive feedback on their proposals and help with
Why We Do It
a school setting. The aim is to have these plays out on full
There’s a shortage of plays with strong roles for young women, where they drive the action, not just “watch and weep”. Write the Girl fills this gap, providing opportunities for new works that give female students the chance to shine. Our aim is to bring these plays to life in schools and eventually showcase them in professional theatres. We also hope to make these plays available for GCSE and A Level performances
commissioning their play to be written with full production in public view in professional theatre settings and/or published for use in GCSE and A level performances. Students are given the opportunity to perform in, direct and produce plays which feature narratives where the female characters are front and centre in their debut on the stage. These plays also give the opportunity for collaboration with other schools for example, our play Lady Malcolm’s Ball which was a joint production with our neighbour school, Hampton and Team was performed by a cast of students from both LEH School and our local partner, Hampton High