RashDash

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RashDash
Formation2009 (2009)
TypeTheatre group
Membership
  • Abbi Greenland (2009-pres.)
  • Helen Goalen (2009-pres.)
  • Becky Wilkie (2017-pres.)
Website www.rashdash.co.uk

RashDash is a British feminist theatre company. The company was founded by Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen. Becky Wilkie later joined. They have produced and created many works, including We Want You to Watch.

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History

Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen formed RashDash in 2009 while attending the University of Hull. [1] [2] Greenland's parents were also theatre creators and participated in the political punk-theatre of the 1970s. [3] While still students, Greenland and Goalen took a play called Strict Machine to the National Student Drama Festival. [1]

The first play officially produced by RashDash was The Honeymoon, which centred on two women who had left their fiancés at the altar. [3] Goalen and Greenland created the show with singer-songwriter Becky Wilkie. [4]

Productions

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Popcorn Writing AwardLook at Me, Don't Look at MeLonglist [20]
2016 Scotsman Fringe Firsts Two Man ShowWon [21]
2011Scary GorgeousWon [7]
2010Another SomeoneWon [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Between the Big and the Small Picture: An Interview with RashDash" (PDF). Auralia Space. 2020. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Costa, Maddy (2014-01-22). "RashDash: punking feminist theatre". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  4. ↑ Mack, Kathryn (2009-08-16). "The Honeymoon: 4 star review by Kathryn Mack". Broadway Baby. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. ↑ Longhurst, Alice (2011-03-28). "Review: Another Someone". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  6. ↑ Gardner, Lyn (2011-08-15). "New Edinburgh act of the day: RashDash". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. 1 2 Whitehead, Charlotte (2012-06-14). "Make a RashDash for Theatre in the Square". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  8. ↑ Billington, Michael (2015-06-16). "We Want You to Watch review – fantasies of a porn-free world". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  9. ↑ Goalen, Helen; Greenland, Abbi (2017-02-20). "Two Man Show: our feminist quest to smash the patriarchy". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  10. ↑ Gardner, Lyn (2016-08-09). "Two Man Show at Edinburgh festival review – RashDash play with patriarchy". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  11. ↑ Trueman, Matt (2017-12-04). "Review: Snow White and Rose Red (Battersea Arts Centre)". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  12. ↑ "How the Reclaim the Night movement has inspired new production in Leeds car park". Yorkshire Post. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
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  18. ↑ Crowther, Sacha (2022-05-22). "Oh Mother at HOME, RashDash Theatre Review". Harpy. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  19. ↑ Love, Catherine (2022-05-23). "Oh Mother review – clever collage on the messy truth of parenting". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
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