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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019: part 10

Various Authors26 August 2019

The F-Word’s tenth and final set of reviews from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering comedy, theatre, and dance, physical theatre and circus...

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The F-Word stage blog: May 2019

Lissy Lovett25 May 2019

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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The F-Word stage blog: March 2019

Lissy Lovett28 March 2019

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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The F-Word stage blog: November 2018

Lissy Lovett17 November 2018

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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Upgrade, advance, repeat: Future Bodies at HOME

Cazz Blase8 October 2018

Cazz Blase is engaged by the contemporary relevance of a new show in Manchester...

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Improving mental health care for women in prison

Guest Blogger14 September 2018

Being a feminist mental health campaigner means leaving no woman to the fringes of the system, writes Jennifer Richards ...

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Hair dye and heartache

Mila Wood29 August 2018

Mila Wood is impressed by the dynamic character development in Far Cry Theatre’s Henna Night...

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The F-Word stage blog: July 2018

Lissy Lovett31 July 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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The F-Word stage blog: May 2018

Lissy Lovett31 May 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in May (just!)...

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To be young, Bipolar and black: Why Nina Simone’s story matters in the wake of #MeToo

Emma Yapp19 March 2018

Emma Yapp looks back at Nina Simone's life and how #MeToo could do better by black and mentally ill women...

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The F-Word stage blog: January 2018

Lissy Lovett29 January 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in January...

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“I hope this work can inspire women and men to get in touch with and honour the creative power of the mother”

Erin Aniker26 January 2018

Erin Aniker speaks with artist Camille Sanson about the mental health fears and stigmas surrounding childbirth and motherhood ...

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Thoughts on #metoo

Joanna Whitehead16 October 2017

Thoughts on the #metoo campaign...

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: part four

Various Authors22 August 2017

Here are The F-Word’s fourth set of reviews of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre, spoken word, comedy, cabaret and variety...

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Two women speak

Samuel Sims16 May 2017

No Place for a Woman’s treatment of mental health strikes a chord with Samuel Sims...

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An exploration of consent at the National Theatre

Naomi Westerman12 April 2017

Naomi Westerman finds much to think about when reviewing Nina Raine’s new play, Consent...

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All singing, all dancing, all rather toxic

D H Kelly25 March 2017

D H Kelly enjoys the brilliant comic songs in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend but is disappointed by the show’s treatment of mental ill health and its reliance on toxic heteronormative romantic messages...

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Who is speaking up for women seeking care for mental health?

Guest Blogger4 March 2017

Vulnerable young women are being denied the care they need when it comes to mental health. Emma Hamilton asks: who will speak up for them?...

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