PODCAST - Women in Theatre

Dr. Susan Croft (historian and dramaturg), Gill Lloyd MBE (producer) and Sue Dunderdale (Director)

Go to a typical UK theatre show, and for every 10 people in the audience, seven will be women. This isn't new. Surveys in the 1980s showed that at least half of theatre audiences were women at that time. But inside the theatre industry, women faced a glass ceiling made of stone.

1:16 - Running an all-women theatre organisation

4:26 - Key practitioners and venues

7:27 - Dealing with entrenched sexism

8:30 - The Standing Conference of Women Theatre Directors and Administrators

13:22 - Intersection with anti-apartheid and the miners' strike

19:11 - The lack of women in leadership positions

28:00 - Increasing visibility of women in theatre by the end of the 80s