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Top Girls (Act I)
by Caryl Churchill

 A B O U T

Caryl Churchill's landmark play brings some of the most notable women in history, art and literature together at the same table.

It's the eighties and women are beginning to break through the glass ceiling. It's Saturday night and Marlene is celebrating her promotion to Managing Director. Having little time for friends and family, she invites a cross-section of famous women to her party.

The result is a tapestry of female lives, the stories of a Victorian explorer crossing with the history of the only female Pope, a concubine from Japan, as well as the fictional Dull Gret and Patient Grisilde. They have suffered, they have loved and lost. But above all they have survived and can be proud of their achievements.

 W H E R E   &   W H E N   &   H O W   M U C H

at the Chingford Assembly Hall

Thu 25 March 2004

at The Welsh Church Hall
£6 adults
£3 concessions

Thu 15 April 2004, 8pm
Fri 16 April 2004, 8pm
Sat 17 April 2004, 8pm

 C A S T

Marlene

Natasha Patterson

Isabella Bird

Michelene Heine

Lady Nijo

Jan Prendergast

Dull Gret

Ellen R Leaver

Pope Joan

Carla MacLean

Patient Grisilde

Sacha Walker

 P R O D U C T I O N   T E A M

Director

Elizabeth Braithwaite

Lighting Design

Robert Bettelheim

Lighting Operation

Khadija Cheetham-Slade

Sound Operation

Tim Saward

Front of House

James Goodman

 I M A G E S  

images by Tim Saward

 P O S T E R

design: Tim Saward | download flier (.doc)