ROOM

Room – A journey into the creative mind of Virginia Woolf

Written and performed by HEATHER ALEXANDER.
Directed by DOMINIQUE GERRARD.

A woman must have money and a room of her own

Cambridge University, 1928. Virginia Woolf, the celebrated writer, is abruptly ordered off the grass and refused entry to the library. Her crime? Being a woman. Following this, Woolf interrogates the crushing injustice of women living in1920’s Britain. She slices through notions of gender disparity with an incisive mix of integrity and visceral charm as she forms her ideas about Shakespeare’s Sister, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and Aphra Behn among others.

Heather Alexander brings Virginia Woolf’s iconic text to the stage. In this witty, poignant and provocative adaptation, Alexander reminds us that the issues at the heart of A Room of One’s Own remain as relevant today as they were a hundred years ago.

Cambridge University, 1928. Virginia Woolf is abruptly ordered off the grass and refused entry to the library. Her crime? Being a woman. Following this, Woolf interrogates the crushing injustice of women living in1920’s Britain. With an incisive mix of integrity and visceral charm, Woolf forms her ideas about Shakespeare’s Sister, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and Aphra Behn among others.

A beautiful portrayal by an accomplished actor at the top of her game. ★ ★ ★ ★British Theatre Guide

‘Heather Alexander lit up the stage as she portrayed one of the most fearless female writers in history.’ 
★ ★ ★ ★  BROADWAY BABY

‘A room for the soul, where one can meditate, reflect on contemporary reality, be enchanted by the beauty of prosody, and let oneself go with hope, not only in the future but also in an illustrious past that still lives within us.
Alexander, is a refined, intimate, and literary pleasure. ★ ★ ★ ★ ’NORTH WEST END REVIEW

‘A vital feminist essay brought thrillingly to life.’ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE WEE REVIEW

Refreshingly unsentimental, passionate & utterly absorbing, @HAlexTheatre revels in the complexities & contradictions of Virginia Woolf. Feminism, class & artistic freedom are debated in this brilliantly detailed portrait of a formidable intellect. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRINGE BISCUIT

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