Overview

A new collection of plays by women, tested in performance. With great roles for women of all ages (and men too) these plays will appeal to theatre practitioners, students and amateur dramatic groups looking for material that is both moving and topical. FOR A BUTTON by Rachel Barnett - comic two hander about two friends and the lengths one will go to, to remain 'best' friends. YOURS ABUNDANTLY , FROM ZIMBABWE by Gillian Plowman - a middle-aged woman decides to leave her comfy life in the UK and work in a school in Zimbabwe. WELCOME TO RAMALLAH by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay - two Jewish sisters are forced to confront the reality of what their forefathers have done to the Palestinians. FROM THE MOUTHS OF MOTHERS by Amanda Stuart Fisher - a verbatim drama detailing the distressing stories of mothers who learned that their child has been sexually abused. THE AWKWARD SQUAD by Karen Young - a three generational comic drama involving Northern women who are trying to live and work in recessionary Britain. SWEET CIDER by Emteaz Hussain In a rundown park, two teenage runaways Tazeem and Nosheen hang out, chatting to the boys and an old bag lady, trying to reconcile being British with their Pakistani cultural traditions.