Mad Women

Witty, fierce and fearless. Mad Women is a play inspired by three outstanding Latin American women artists living with bipolar disorder. It is a fictional portrayal of Frida Khalo, Violeta Parra and Judith Marquez’s mental health journeys from life to death, in the form of intertwined monologues.

The play was written through an ACE-funded Research & Development (R&D) process, exploring the topics of sexuality, motherhood, women in arts and gender oppression through workshops with women from underserved and underrepresented communities hosted by St Margaret's House, and explorative rehearsals with trained performers linked to mental health conditions.

As a unique creative experiment, Mad Women has developed two versions of a brand-new play in parallel; one starred by professional actors and one by community members. The same director and creative team lead the process, to develop an innovative, inclusive and diverse experience.

The play fights the stereotypes and stigmas of what has historically meant to “be a woman” with mental health challenges. It is a brutally honest conversation about sexuality, motherhood, gender oppression and the role of women in the arts. The text was written through an R&D process that involved workshops with underrepresented groups of women, and explorative rehearsals with trained performers linked to mental health conditions.

Mad Women is a project funded by the Arts Council England and led by critically acclaimed Latinx director and playwright, Constanza Hola Chamy, in partnership with St Margaret's House.

Join us for the St Margaret's House Community Cast version of the play & a Q&A with the creative team on Sunday 17th March at 3pm. For this performance, there will be a Creative Sign Interpreter translating for the Community Cast.

Interested in seeing the community cast and/or the professional cast in different venues? Below are all of the dates. The

Book your tickets for these performances here:

https://linktr.ee/madwomenplay

Community Cast

St Margaret's House (E2 9PL)

17th March 15:00

Professional Cast

Etcetera Theatre (NW1 7BU)

19, 20, 21, 22nd March 18:45 - 20:15

27,28th March 21:00 - 22:30

Both casts

(Followed by Q&As)