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Our blog is where we highlight productions, performances and events that we’ve either enjoyed or are excitedly looking forward to.
Blog entries mostly take the form of bullet-point lists of shows-to-see, but sometimes we’ll publish a deeper-dive reflecting on our experiences of a particular production, festival, or season.
A future goal of ours is to feature more responses and commentary from other writers. For now, it’s just the two of us!
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Bechdel Theatre
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Edinburgh Fringe 2022
Just because some people have asked: We’re not doing our usual EdFringe coverage this year. Sorry to anyone who misses it! We do too! We...
Bechdel Theatre
- Jan 10, 2022
- 11 min
Stuff to see, hear & do in 2022 + Bechdel Theatre update
Hello! Welcome back (after a year!) to the Bechdel Theatre blog, where we’re serving you a bumper collection of recommendations of...
Bechdel Theatre
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
Funding Announcement
Listen to this blog in audio form 🔊 Big. Bechdel. News. 5 years after the idea for Bechdel Theatre was born, we’ve just been granted our...
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- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Some Positive News
Wheeeww… that “Shows To See in 2020” blog we posted in January feels like it was posted about a decade ago?! But also, it seems like only...
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- Jan 28, 2020
- 17 min
Shows To See 2020
Happy New Year – it’s still appropriate to say that, right? Because January is THE longest month, and we still haven’t handed in our tax...
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- Oct 4, 2019
- 8 min
Autumn 2019 Shows To See
Autumn is well and truly upon us. It’s the season of golden leaves, shiny new stationary, and finding warm theatres to shelter us from...
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- Aug 16, 2019
- 11 min
#EdFringe2019: More shows on our radar
We’ve been in Edinburgh for a couple of weeks now, hunting down the best & most Bechdel-friendly theatre, comedy and performance – and...
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- Jul 1, 2019
- 12 min
Shows to see at #EdFringe2019
Here they are, with ONE MONTH TO GO – our pre-Edinburgh Fringe picks for 2019. Listed below are our choices of shows on our radar, to...
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- Mar 4, 2019
- 6 min
On DNA and i will still be whole (when you rip me in half).
A piece of embedded criticism. Just before I sit to write this I see that at 8:04am this morning I received an email from My Heritage DNA...
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- Jan 11, 2019
- 8 min
Bechdel-friendly theatre to see in 2019
Happy New Year, Bechdel testers! 2018 was a fairly decent one when it came to stage-watching. We rode through the year powered by the...
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- Sep 11, 2018
- 66 min
Edinburgh Fringe #FeministFaves 2018
Edinburgh Fringe is over for 2018, and thanks to the incredible supporters of our crowdfunder campaign, we made it to Edinburgh for the...
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- Aug 9, 2018
- 4 min
#FeministFringe hot tips from Edinburgh 2018
Our first week of seeking feminist theatre at Edinburgh Fringe is over, and WHAT a wondrous week it has been! The representation and...
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- Jun 22, 2018
- 7 min
Bechdel Testing Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Heading up to Edinburgh Fringe and looking for shows to see that break from the stale/pale/male standard? Want to see something that...
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- Jan 17, 2018
- 10 min
Bechdel Testing Theatre: 2018
Welcome to our annual January run-down of the theatre productions that we’re most looking forward to – we don’t know if all of these...
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- Sep 19, 2017
- 15 min
Bechdel Testing The Mono Box
The Mono Box is a London-based collaborative network who, amongst other fabulous things (running workshops, panels, and advice forums),...
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- Aug 20, 2017
- 16 min
Edinburgh Fringe 2017 – our #FeministFaves
Here it is, folks! The full list of our favourite shows from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, in more detail than expected (we may have got...
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- Jul 24, 2017
- 9 min
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
It’s that time again… We’re preparing to head up to Edinburgh Fringe, where we’ll be highlighting shows that pass the Bechdel test,...
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- Jan 26, 2017
- 5 min
Bechdel Testing 2017
Shows on our radar for 2017… It’s as simple as that. As always, get in touch if you have more suggestions! We’ll be talking in more depth...
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- Aug 15, 2016
- 7 min
Bechdel Testing Edinburgh Fringe 2016
This month we’re in Edinburgh, awarding Bechdel test passing shows with stickers. Keep your eye out if you’re looking at a wall of...
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