Women's Writes Fest at VAULT

27th Jan 10.30pm & 3rd Feb 10.30pm

THOSE THAT ARE SPECIAL by Emma Zadow

A Drag King and a displaced teen find unlikely friendship in an interval that will forever change them...

Emma Zadow's plays have been performed at the Arcola, the Old Red Lion Theatre, Camden Fringe Festival, Norwich Arts Centre and Pleasance Theatre. Emma is an alumni playwright from the Soho Theatre Writers Lab, and was shortlisted for the ETPEP Award, Tony Craze Award and is a 2023 Mercury Playwright. Her BBC New Creative short Jigging is on BBC iPlayer and recently won and has been selected for many international film festivals.

Director; Zyrenka Cox (A Thousand Eggs, Arcola Theatre) 

Starring Alexandra Ricou (His Terectomy) and Natasha Patel (The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix), Luther (Netflix) and Vera (ITV)

THE ENVELOPE PLAY by Beth May

What if science could tell you if your relationship was doomed to fail or fated to succeed? A young couple gets the chance to sneak a peek at their future, but should they take a look?

Beth is a poet, playwright and actor from Los Angeles, listed as one of Phoenix New Times' Top 100 creatives in 2015 and a finalist for its Big Brain Award for her play Earthlings. She also hosts and co-stars in podcast 'Dungeons and Daddies' which won the AudioVerse Award for New Improvised Production.

Director; Melissa-Kelly Franklin (We'll Dance on the Ash of the Apocalypse, Park Theatre)

Starring Luke Pierre (Bridgerton (Netflix) & Midsomer Murders (ITV)) and Sophie McQuillan (The Labyrinth Diet, Arcola Theatre)

ALL THAT GLITTERS by Alex Critoph

Jessie's got everything sorted. So when her friends hear that the Fab 5 are coming to London they lie about her perfect life in order to get her a spot on her favourite show. However, as she starts to dismantle everything it unravels in a way she never imagined....

Director; Jess Millward (Fritz & Matlock, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Pleasance Courtyard and London (OFFIE nominated), I Can’t Hear you, Theatre 503)

Starring Ella Hunter Clark (Casualty and BODIES (Netflix))