M is a writer. M is a mother. M is a woman.
The triumph of M’s hit play is hijacked by motherhood – M is burnt out, angry, lonely, craving intimacy but disengaged, and terrified of the future.
She wants to tell her story, her way. But, everyone around her shares their opinions on who she is, who she should be and how she’s f*cking everything up.
Fiercely funny and brutally honest, award-winning writer JANE UPTON’s Bruntwood Prize shortlisted play shatters the glossy veneer of motherhood, exposing its raw, messy truth, and dares to question the definition of (her) Self.
A New Perspectives and Royal & Derngate, Northampton co-production
Director: Angharad Jones
TOURING IN SPRING 2025
Thursday 13 February, 7pm – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Friday 14 February, 7pm – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Saturday 15 February, 2:30pm – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Saturday 15 February, 7pm – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Tuesday 18 February, 7:30pm – The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Wednesday 19 February, 7:30pm – The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Thursday 27 February, 7:45pm – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Friday 28 February, 7:45pm – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Friday 7 March, 7:45pm – Birmingham Rep
Saturday 8 March, 7:45pm – Birmingham Rep
Monday 10 March, 7:30pm – Nottingham Playhouse
Tuesday 11 March, 7:30pm – Nottingham Playhouse
Thursday 13 March, 7.30pm – Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Saturday 15 March, 8pm – The Exchange, Twickenham
Read writer Jane Upton’s blog on developing (the) Woman here.
(the) Woman has been developed with support from National Theatre Generate Programme.
Image design by Steph Pyne; photography by Gemma Poyzer