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‘Gender inequality is alive and well, on every level, all over the world’: Zoë Guzy-Sprague, Caley Powell & Marta da Silva tell us about The Net

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‘The work we do in times of crisis as healers, storytellers and carers is lost because for years this work has never been associated with strength and power.’ Camden Fringe drama The Net explores four women on opposite sides of a divide but caught in the centre of a war. The play’s writer Zoë Guzy-Sprague and producers Caley Powell & Marta da Silva told us about its inspiration, the importance of an all-female team and more.

‘Gender inequality is alive and well, on every level, all over the world’: Zoë Guzy-Sprague, Caley Powell & Marta da Silva tell us about The Net

In Festivals, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Video by Featured Content

‘The work we do in times of crisis as healers, storytellers and carers is lost because for years this work has never been associated with strength and power.’ Camden Fringe drama The Net explores four women on opposite sides of a divide but caught in the centre of a war. The play’s writer Zoë Guzy-Sprague and producers Caley Powell & Marta da Silva told us about its inspiration, the importance of an all-female team and more.

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WATCH: Playwright Zoë Guzy-Sprague on how all-female drama about war, The Net, became about how much we share.

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“I was struck by how arbitrary the borders and walls felt”. A trip to Israel sparked Zoë Guzy-Sprague’s imagination to create drama about women on opposite sides of a border, The Net. Watch what she has to say about the show, and what the producers say about the importance of an all-female creative team, then book your tickets.

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‘These stories saved me and helped me fall in love again’: Dan Horrigan on creating Riot To Heaven

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“Whether writing or directing it all comes from the same place – I tap the bruise – the feelings run.” Camden Fringe show Riot To Heaven is a deeply personal production for Dan Horrigan. The show’s writer/director tells us exactly why in the interview below. Have a read, then book your tickets!

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Coo over these promo images and rehearsal pics from new intergenerational drama Pigeons

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“We need you to sit in a park for the afternoon” – surely a phrase any actor would love to hear on a warm summer day. That’s what Marlene Sidaway and Max Fricker got up to in preparation for bringing the bench-set Pigeons to Camden Fringe this summer. Take a look at the evidence, then book your tickets!