The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon

Centring on the remarkable story of Wimbledon resident Rose Lamartine Yates, this new play, by acclaimed playwright Beth Flintoff, is an impassioned, unsentimental and sharp-witted tribute to the Suffragette cause in this centenary year.

 

Listen to an audio version here.

 

‘Welcome, everyone. Do take a seat, and enjoy the refreshments.
We’re here tonight to talk about the cause of women.
Quite simply, we’re here to change the world.’

 

The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon toured to local, nontraditional venues in and around Merton, including schools, in October 2018 

Read a review from the South West Londoner here.

The Company:

      

Cast: Valerie Antwi, Ellen Atwell, Emma Denly

Designer: Sarah Jane Booth

Sound Designer: JonMcLeod

 

Following huge demand from audiences for this show, we commissioned an audio version which can be listen to online.

Written by Beth Flintoff, The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon toured south London in October 2018.

The programme, featuring a specially commissioned article by Dr Alexandra Hughes Johnson, can be read here: Rebellious Women Programme

Funded by Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund and supported by Unity Theatre Trust and Merton Council.

   

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Beth Flintoff

Writer

Beth Flintoff is a playwright, dramaturg and theatre director. She is an Associate Playwright at the Royal Court Theatre in London. She is also the Young Writers Associate there, working towards developing the national landscape for young playwrights. Her other plays include the much-performed The Ballad of Maria Marten, Matilda the Empress and (for Tonic Theatre’s Platform series) The Glove Thief.