RashDash explained

RashDash
Members:	Abbi Greenland (2009-pres.) Helen Goalen (2009-pres.) Becky Wilkie (2017-pres.)

RashDash is a British feminist theatre company. The company was founded by Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen. Becky Wilkie later joined. They have produced and created many works, including We Want You to Watch.

History

Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen formed RashDash in 2009 while attending the University of Hull.^{[1] [2]} Greenland's parents were also theatre creators and participated in the political punk-theatre of the 1970s.^[3] While still students, Greenland and Goalen took a play called Strict Machine to the National Student Drama Festival.

The first play officially produced by RashDash was The Honeymoon, which centred on two women who had left their fiancés at the altar. Goalen and Greenland created the show with singer-songwriter Becky Wilkie.^[4]

Productions

• The Honeymoon (2009)
• Another Someone (2010)^{[5] [6]}
• Scary Gorgeous (2011)
• Set Fire to Everything!!! (2012)^[7]
• The Ugly Sisters (2014)
• We Want You to Watch (2015) – created by RashDash and Alice Birch, at the National Theatre^[8]
• Two Man Show (2016 and 2017)^{[9] [10]}
• Snow White & Rose Red (2017)^[11]
• The Darkest Corners (2017) – as part of the Transform 17 festival^[12]
• Future Bodies (2018) – written by Clare Duffy, in collaboration with Unlimited Theatre^[13]
• Three Sisters (2018) – adapted from Anton Chekhov, co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre^{[14] [15]}
• Don't Go Back to Sleep (2020)^[16]
• Look at Me Don't Look at Me (2021) – about Elizabeth “Lizzie” Siddal^[17]
• Oh Mother (2022) – written by Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen, devised with Simone Seales, at HOME^{[18] [19]}

Awards and nominations

!Year!Award!Category!Work!Result!Ref.

2022	Edinburgh Festival Fringe	Popcorn Writing Award	Look at Me, Don't Look at Me	Longlist	^[20]
2016		Scotsman Fringe Firsts	Two Man Show		^[21]
2011			Scary Gorgeous
2010			Another Someone		^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thompson . Jessie . 2016-09-09 . RashDash: Dismantling the patriarchy with thought and feeling . 2022-11-16 . Evening Standard . en.
2. Web site: 2020 . Between the Big and the Small Picture: An Interview with RashDash . 2022-11-15 . Auralia Space.
3. Web site: Costa . Maddy . 2014-01-22 . RashDash: punking feminist theatre . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
4. Web site: Mack . Kathryn . 2009-08-16 . The Honeymoon: 4 star review by Kathryn Mack . 2022-11-16 . Broadway Baby . en.
5. Web site: Longhurst . Alice . 2011-03-28 . Review: Another Someone . 2022-11-16 . A Younger Theatre . en-GB.
6. Web site: Gardner . Lyn . 2011-08-15 . New Edinburgh act of the day: RashDash . 2022-11-16 . The Guardian . en.
7. Web site: Whitehead . Charlotte . 2012-06-14 . Make a RashDash for Theatre in the Square . 2022-11-16 . A Younger Theatre . en-GB.
8. Web site: Billington . Michael . 2015-06-16 . We Want You to Watch review – fantasies of a porn-free world . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
9. Web site: Goalen . Helen . Greenland . Abbi . 2017-02-20 . Two Man Show: our feminist quest to smash the patriarchy . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
10. Web site: Gardner . Lyn . 2016-08-09 . Two Man Show at Edinburgh festival review – RashDash play with patriarchy . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
11. Web site: Trueman . Matt . 2017-12-04 . Review: Snow White and Rose Red (Battersea Arts Centre) . 2022-11-15 . WhatsOnStage . en-GB.
12. Web site: 2017-04-18 . How the Reclaim the Night movement has inspired new production in Leeds car park . 2022-11-15 . Yorkshire Post . en.
13. Web site: Crowther . Sacha . 2018-10-07 . Future Bodies: "Stop Being Normal" . 2022-11-15 . Harpy. . en-GB.
14. Web site: Crowther . Sacha . 2018-05-11 . Who or what are the classics for?: RashDash present Three Sisters . 2022-11-15 . Harpy. . en-GB.
15. Web site: Garnder . Lyn . 2018-05-11 . Three Sisters review – RashDash's gloriously playful take on Chekhov . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
16. Web site: Wood . Alex . 2020-08-26 . HOME Manchester to restart live shows in October with Gateau Chocolat, RashDash and more . 2022-11-15 . WhatsOnStage . en-GB.
17. Web site: Wyver . Kate . 2021-09-07 . Muse and model or painter-poet? Elizabeth Siddal given fresh portrait . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
18. Web site: Crowther . Sacha . 2022-05-22 . Oh Mother at HOME, RashDash Theatre Review . 2022-11-15 . Harpy. . en-GB.
19. Web site: Love . Catherine . 2022-05-23 . Oh Mother review – clever collage on the messy truth of parenting . 2022-11-15 . The Guardian . en.
20. Web site: Wood . Alex . 2022-08-06 . Popcorn Writing Award reveals 2022 longlist and judges . 2022-11-15 . WhatsOnStage . en-GB.
21. Web site: 2016-08-19 . Fringe First award winners announced . 2022-11-16 . The Scotsman . en.
22. Web site: Ritchie . John . 2010-08-30 . Record Breaking Edinburgh Fringe: Nearly 2 Million Tickets Sold . 2022-11-16 . EdinburghGuide.com . EN.