Playing it Safe by Maeve Clarke, Episode 1

Women & Theatre’s Prime Time series features dramatic monologues about women of retirement age. Developed from research conversations, they reflect the language and lives of ordinary people and put women’s stories, writing and performance centre-stage.

Comprising three monologues about women of retirement age, this funny, moving series reflects upon how women’s professional and personal lives have impacted on their current choices or lack of them and explores the deep-rooted gender issues that this stage of our lives often exposes.

Show Notes

Women & Theatre’s Prime Time  series features dramatic monologues about women of retirement age. Developed from research conversations, they reflect the language and lives of ordinary people and put women’s stories, writing and performance centre-stage. 

Comprising three monologues by three different playwrights, this funny, moving series reflects upon how women’s professional and personal lives have impacted on their current choices or lack of them and explores the deep-rooted gender issues that this stage of our lives often exposes. Each episode is followed by a discussion with the writer of the piece. 

Playing it Safe 

Writer: Maeve Clarke // Director: Jo Gleave // Performer: Linda Hargreaves // Sound Design: Sam Frankie Fox working with Iain Armstrong // Recorded at Brum Radio.

Prime Time  was originally produced as a live theatre show in 2019, developed in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre. It was the third and final show of our Women & Work trilogy; preceded by For the Past 30 Years  in 2014, about women who had spent 3 decades working in different sectors , and  Starting Out in 2016 about women entering the world of work. 

This podcast series has been funded by Arts Council England, The Space, The Sir Barry Jackson Trust, The Feeney Trust and The Cole Charitable Trust.  

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Women & Theatre present a series of dramatic monologues from their Women & Work trilogy. Developed from conversations with people, respecting individual human stories and asking important questions, this lively and entertaining podcast series puts women and work centre stage.