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Award-winning feminist artists Write the River have had enough of women being the assistants. Will Helena and Amberlilly ever make it to the centre of the magic circle? Will their magic lessons pay off? Great theatre, lovely young team, brilliant supportive diverse programming, the only theatre I can think of that is currently supporting so many theatremakers. Text to Speech Player. Support Us. Join Helena and Amberlilly on a surreal quest to rescue magicians' assistants from the boxes they've been stuffed into - before the saw gets there first.
Heard of Houdini? Thought so. Supported by Farnham Maltings no strings attached. With thanks to Jayne Corrigan. Content Notice Misogyny and violence against women: frequently referred to throughout the show. One instance of description of a personal experience of sexual assault.
Frequent dismissal of women's autonomy. Infrequent verbal judgement of body size. One physical depiction of hypnosis with a woman in a vulnerable position. Two further instances of women having reduced mental faculty and not being in power when in conversation with others.
One scene where an older male character alludes to underage girls being better and emotionally manipulates a young woman. Medical practices: One physical depiction of hypnosis with a woman in a vulnerable position. Mentions of hysteria and asylums. Bereavement: frequent references to the loss of a partner. Brief mention of domestic fire and loss of animal life and property. Retching: one brief instance. View on Google Maps. Sign up to our newsletter. Scroll to top. Submit your details.
