Logo for the Womens Theatre Festival aka WTFCirca Theatre is delighted to announce the lineup for its annu­al WTF! Women’s Theatre Fest­iv­al.

A packed line up of four plays, one devised work, one devel­op­ment­al sea­son, two play read­ings, and a writ­ing work­shop all show­case women play­wrights, dir­ect­ors, design­ers, act­ors, dan­cers, musi­cians and theatre work­ers. They give voice to his­tor­ic­al female char­ac­ters as well as focus­ing on issues facing women today. The sea­sons start in August and runs into Octo­ber. All the pro­duc­tions in Septem­ber are writ­ten by New Zea­l­and women to cel­eb­rate New Zea­l­and Theatre Month. Circa Theatre is also proud to be host­ing the Fourth Women in Theatre Hui on 15 Septem­ber 2018.

A hand­ful of WTF! 2018 shows and events are part of the over­lap­ping KM130 fest­iv­al – a Wel­ling­ton city-wide pro­gramme of events, exhib­i­tions and per­form­ances from July – Oct, cel­eb­rat­ing Kath­er­ine Mansfield’s 130th birth­day. This includes Kath­er­ine Mans­field and ‘A Woman’s Place’, a con­ver­sa­tion with Dr. Gill Greer and Lor­ae Parry which is on at Circa Theatre this Sunday 29 July.

The shows:

One pub­lic talk: Kath­er­ine Mans­field and ‘A Woman’s Place’

One spe­cial event: Ginette McDon­ald & Friends – Kath­er­ine Mans­field Read­ing

Four plays: Blooms­bury Women and the Wild Colo­ni­al Girl; Mod­ern Girls in Bed; Blonde Pois­on; Uneasy Dreams and Oth­er Things

One devised work: Medusa

One writ­ing work­shop: Women on the Verge…

One devel­op­ment­al sea­son: Rants in the Dark

Two play read­ings: Tender; Sean Penn is in His Boat