2014 Edinburgh Fringe

Rosie Wilby: Nineties Woman

  • Comedy (multimedia / storytelling)
  • 12:05pm (55 mins)
  • 2-10 & 12-24 Aug 2014
  • The Voodoo Rooms
  • Free
Rosie Wilby: Nineties Woman. Rosie Wilby. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
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68: The Voodoo Rooms

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Funny Women finalist and BBC Radio 4 regular Rosie studied at York University in the early 90s against a backdrop of John Major and Riot Grrrl. She discovered the women's newspaper Matrix and decided to join the collective. And, yet, as a geeky electronics undergrad with an unfortunate perm and coming to terms with her sexuality, she didn't quite fit in. In 2013 she discovered dusty copies of Matrix in her parents attic and decided to set about tracing some of the women... 'Hilarious adventure story' (theFWord.org.uk). **** (RemoteGoat.com). 'Enthralling story' **** (BroadwayBaby.com).

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The Rosie Wilby three minute interview

Multitalented Rosie Wilby is a chart singer/song writer, turned stand-up comedian, turned DJ. Finding some small amount of fame as part of her group 'Wilby' was never enough for her, so she started trying to make people laugh. It worked.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 18th March 2014

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Nineties Woman is a new show from award winning comedian Rosie Wilby using live interactive storytelling interspersed with video interviews, music and photo archive to trace a journey through early 90s feminism, refracted through a very personal lens.

Rosie Wilby studied at York University in the early 90s against a backdrop of John Major and riotgrrrl. She discovered the University feminist newspaper 'Matrix' (Greek for 'womb') and decided to join the collective. And, yet, as a geeky Electronics undergrad with an unfortunate perm and coming to terms with her sexuality, she didn't quite fit in with the academic political lesbians with their History, Politics and English degrees. She was involved with a legendary guerilla midnight mission to daub a wall with a green and purple painted 'Sisterhood is Powerful' slogan just for the cover of Issue 3 but never quite managed to catch the eye of the inspiring 'Kate' who always seemed to be at the centre of things. In fact when Kate staged a mock wedding outside York Minster to her girlfriend on Valentine's Day 1991, Rosie found herself on the sidelines yet still excited to be part of something radical - I mean, gay people would never be allowed to get married, would they??

In 2013 she discovered long treasured 20 year old dusty copies of Matrix in her parents' attic and decided to set about tracing some of the women she'd not quite connected with at the time (including fellow comedian Zoe Lyons, who had also been very fleetingly involved) to see what they were doing now and how their perceptions of feminism had shifted.

Nineties Woman was commissioned by Shout Festival Birmingham for a premiere at MAC in March 2013 before it appeared at Outburst Festival Belfast and Camden People's Theatre Calm Down Dear Festival (alongside Bridget Christie and Sara Pascoe) and was supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Creation of the piece was supported by: Ben Walters, Time Out London's cabaret editor; Naomi Paxton, BBC New Generation Thinker, actress, character comedian and writer (The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays); and Colin Watkeys, director of several internationally touring shows with performer Claire Dowie.

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Performances

Date Time Venue
2nd Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
3rd Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
4th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
5th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
6th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
7th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
8th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
9th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
10th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
12th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
13th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
14th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
15th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
16th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
17th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
18th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
19th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
20th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
21st Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
22nd Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
23rd Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms
24th Aug 2014 12:05 The Voodoo Rooms

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