Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

Sue Parrish is Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre Company. She has extensive experience producing and directing fringe, repertory and musical theatre.Rose Lewenstein is a writer whose plays include: Cougar (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, 2019); Darknet (Southwark Playhouse, 2016); Now This Is Not The End (Arcola, 2015); Game of Life (The Yard); Only Human (Theatre503); Entries on Love (Rich Mix) and Ain't No Law Against Fish 'n' Chips (Royal Court Young Writers Festival). Her play Psychoslut was featured in the Women@RADA series. She has been a member of the Royal Court's Supergroup and Young Writers Programme.Georgia Christou is a playwright and screenwriter. Her first play Yous Two was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award in 2015, receiving a special commendation from the judges, and premiered at Hampstead Downstairs in 2018. Rocket Girl, written for Royal Central School of Speech and Drama students, was performed at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall, in 2015. Her short play How Not to Sink was written for the Women Centre Stage Festival and performed at Hampstead Theatre. Her play for young audiences, How to Spot an Alien, was premiered by Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd in 2018.Winsome Pinnock is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage. Her plays include: The Authenticator (National Theatre, London, 2026); Rockets and Blue Lights (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2020; National Theatre, 2021); One Under (2005) and Water (2000) at the Tricycle Theatre; Mules (Clean Break/Royal Court Theatre Upstairs/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles and The Magic Theatre, San Francisco, 1996); Talking in Tongues (1991) and A Hero's Welcome (1989; runner-up Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) at the Royal Court Theatre; and Leave Taking (Liverpool Playhouse Theatre/Contact Theatre Manchester/Belgrade Theatre Coventry/Lyric Hammersmith/ National Theatre, 1986).She has adapted Malorie Blackman's novel Pig Heart Boy for the stage (Unicorn Theatre / Sheffield Theatres / Children's Theatre Partnership, 2025).The prizes awarded to her work include the Alfred Fagon Award (2018), the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama (2022), the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation (1990), the George Devine Award (1991), the Pearson Award for Best New Play (1991), and the Unity Theatre Trust Award (1989).Author photo by Matt Roberts

'This collection is proof of the incredibly moving and imaginative work being written by women… [it] showcases big ideas on the lives of women, with stories that will resonate with modern audiences and students, regardless of background or gender'