AWARD-winning actress Eileen Atkins will star as Margot Mason in the UK premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female of the Species which is expected to open at the Vaudeville Theatre in late July (dates yet to be confirmed).
Mason, a pioneer of 1970s feminism and author of The Cerebral Vagina, has writer’s block. However, the unannounced arrival of a fan seems to offer a solution – until that is, she produces a gun and threatens to kill Mason for warping her mother’s mind.
Although written by an Australian and receiving its world premiere in Melbourne (2006), The Female of the Species was inspired by an event that took place in England in the year 2000 – when fellow Australian Germaine Greer, whose ground-breaking The Female Eunuch became an international best-seller, was held captive in her Essex home.
Please note:
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the theatre management
TRAVEL
Nearest Underground: Charing Cross (Northern/Bakerloo lines)
Exit Charing Cross via Strand exit (Villiers Street exit from Embankment). Head right (east) up the Strand. The theatre is 150m on the left.
Rail:
Charing Cross - See above
Kings Cross/St Pancras - Piccadilly line west to Leicester Square, Northern line south to Charing Cross
Paddington - Bakerloo line south/east to Charing Cross
Victoria - Circle/District line east to Embankment
Liverpool Street - Central line west to Tottenham Court Road, Northern line south to Charing Cross
Marylebone - Bakerloo line south/east to Charing Cross
Waterloo - Northern line north to Charing Cross
Parking: Westminster City Council Car Parks Trafalgar Square. NCP Drury Lane. Parking in central London can be difficult and expensive. Please use public transport.
ACCESS
Wheelchairs: Transfer seating only. No motorised wheelchairs. Wheelchair users should be accompanied by a non-wheelchair using companion.
Hearing Impaired: No facilities
ADMITTANCE POLICY
Regrettably babies and toddlers will not be admitted to the theatre. Children aged 5 years and over will be admitted and, more specific age limits may apply depending on the production. Children should be able to sit, unaided, in their own seat and be attentive to the performance so as not to distract other paying members of the audience.
Admittance to the auditorium is always at the discretion of theatre management.
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