Woman | Women – Rowena Gander

A new stage production is fusing performance art and physical theatre to explore how lesbian relationships do not follow traditional societal expectations.

Woman | Women is a physical and comedic show that takes an academic deep dive into the fast-paced nature of same sex relationships between women.

The autumn tour also features pre-show discussions on sexuality and creativity in an open conversation format.

The show, which will tour Ormskirk, Liverpool, and Prescot this November, is the brainchild of acclaimed international performance artist and academic, Rowena Gander.

During each show Rowena will ambitiously find and navigate a new and featured duet (relationship) unique to each venue. The real time relationship questions links between pace, compatibility, attachment, and scarcity mindsets in lesbians and how those components impact the relationship a lesbian has with herself.

Rowena has developed a reputation over the past eight years as a performer who creates work that is accessible, powerful, empowering to audiences, and thought provoking.

Rowena notes that whilst the solo structure of the work and her playful interaction with the audience will be consistent across each venue, no two shows will be exactly the same. Each venue will incorporate a new and featured duet with a local LGBT+ professional performer, which is very exciting because not only does it give her new energy to work with and respond to, but it also enables her and the audience to see how the themes covered in the work, such as pace, compatibility, attachment, and internalised homophobia, resonate differently depending on the person.

For further information on Rowena’s work including this production please visit www.rowenagander.com

2024 NORTH WEST TOUR DATES

7th November 2024, 7:30pm: ORMSKIRK – The Arts Centre

Tickets available at https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/event/woman-women/

15th November 2024, 8pm: LIVERPOOL – Unity Theatre

(includes a curtain raiser performance at 7:30pm by local LGBT performers).

Tickets available at https://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/whats-on/woman-women/

30th November 2024, 2pm & 7pm: PRESCOT – Shakespeare North

Tickets available at https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/woman-women/

PRE-SHOW DISCUSSION FORUMS

Open Conversation on sexuality and creativity will be held at:

Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 9th November, 1pm.

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot, 30th November, 4:30pm.

The tour is funded by Arts Council England and supported by Leap Dance Festival, Culture Liverpool, Pole Purpose, Unity Theatre, and 24 Hope Street.