2016 marks the launch of 'FemFest', Minotaur Theatre Company's first Feminist Festival. Branching into the Norwich Community, Minotaur performs at the Norwich Puppet Theatre in a variety evening that looks at the theme of Feminism. This evening will consist of small performances; singing, dancing, spoken word, poetry and physical theatre; all exploring our attitudes to Feminism in 2016. Headlining the evening will be this years Feminist Play, 'The Hours Before Epsom.'
“Tell me, what is the F word to you?”
The Hours Before Epsom’ is a comedic fictional re-imagining of the morning of June the 4th 1913, the day Emily Wilding Davison threw herself in front of the King George’s horse at the Epsom Derby. It’s long since been debated what Emily’s intentions were that day: A courageous final statement in the suffragettes fight for the vote? Or simply a horrific accident? The play attempts to answer this question in the most ridiculous way possible; simultaneously mocking how far we’ve come in terms of gender equality and pointing out how far we’ve got to go.
FEMFEST 2016
CREW
Directors:
Lewis Wilding
Tara Burgess
Production Manager: Stuart Thomson
Assistant Production Manager: Teresa Baron
Stage Manager: Bethan Williams
Set Designer: Amie Marie
History Consultant: Toby Skelton
Lighting Design: Catherine McFall
Sound Technician: Amy Cresswell
Projection Operator: Jessica Sprouse
Stage / Technical Manager: Sam Webber
CAST
Emily - Sarah Fitzpatrick
Angelou - Anna Buttery
Watson - Francesca Thesen
Pegg - Ben Purkiss
Levit - Louis Raghunathan
Mark - Luke Browne
GALLERY
 The Hours Before Epsom |  Aimee De-Ritis - Reading |  The Hours Before Epsom |
|---|---|---|
 Roccio Rodriguez-Inniss - Short Story |  The Hours Before Epsom |  Nell Barlow - Singing |
 Steam Preview |  Adrian Moore - Singing |  'Who Run The World' Dance |
 Anissa Praquin - Original Poetry |  Steam Preview |  Ella Green - Spoken Word / Rap |
 Alice Haskell - Host |  Anna Hodgson - Reading |  Coralie Bastiaens - Singing |
 Phoebe Wood - Original Poetry |
PERFORMERS
THE HOURS BEFORE EPSOM
Written by Lewis Wilding
Adrian Moore
Phoebe Wood
Edward Jones
Aimee De-Ritis
Nell Barlow
Choreography and Dancers for 'Who Run the World' -
Ruth Phillips
Ella Green
Dancers -
Bobbi Sleafer-Nunes
Eleni Savva
Aimee De-Ritis
Anna Hodgson
Rocio Rodriguez-Inniss
Molly McKernan
Host - Alice Haskell
Thanks to the Minotaur Committee for their help in organising this event.
8PM, NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE, NORWICH, £7/£5 (CONC.)
Anissa Praquin
Coralie Bastiaens
Anna Hodgson
Rocio Rodriquez-Inniss
Ella Green
