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New play “I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Too” in London now

Posted in events, play, tagged , , , , on Tuesday 4 November 2025| Leave a Comment »

There are five days left to see a new play, “I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Too,” which is playing through Nov. 9 at Barons Court Theatre in London.

Written by actor and writer Coline Atterbury, the play is part of the Voila! Europe Theatre Festival 2025, which runs through Nov. 23.

About the play

The play follows Victoria, a writer in the grip of a manic creative surge. As her obsession with Virginia Woolf deepens, fiction and reality blur — until she begins to believe she is Virginia.

Entangled in a love triangle with Mark, a restless drifter, and Leon, a sharp-witted academic, Victoria’s desires refuse easy categorization. The triangle reflects both her queerness and her fragmentation, blurring boundaries between friendship, love and obsession as she unravels in a world where ambition and mental illness collide.

Threaded loosely with Woolf’s stories and themes, the play explores bipolar disorder, identity and relationships, combining emotional intensity with humor.

Location: Barons Court, 28A Comeragh Rd, The Curtains Up Pub, London W14 9HR

Tickets: £15

To book and for more information: Visit the website.

Instagram post by Coline Atterbury that includes an excerpt from an interview with Binge Fringe Magazine.

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Woolf Arts Archive holds first major public event

Posted in art, events, Freshwater, play, Turkey, tagged , , on Thursday 3 April 2025| Leave a Comment »

The Woolf Arts Archive, a global project devoted to the collection and appreciation of art inspired by the life and works of Virginia Woolf, held its inaugural major public event.

Panelists at the Woolf Arts Archives symposium

Titled “Following an Author’s Trail: Virginia Woolf, the Woolf Arts Archive and Freshwater: A Comedy” symposium, the event was held March 6 in Ankara, Turkey.

About the symposium

The event brought together scholars, artists, and theatre practitioners to explore Woolf’s enduring influence across different art forms.

It featured a rich exchange of ideas with numerous talks addressing themes also relevant to International Women’s Day.

The sessions ranged from the Woolf Arts Archive’s creative role to Woolf’s artistic and cultural legacy, including her female characters and the afterlife of her works. A highlight of the symposium was the Woolf Arts Archive’s performance of the third staged reading of Freshwater in Turkish.

Featured talks

  • “Following an Author’s Trail: Virginia Woolf and Woolf Arts Archive” by Prof. Dr.
    Mine Özyurt Kılıç.
  • “A Shell of Many Layers: Woolf Arts Archive and the Snail’s Journey” by Atahan
    Mahir Karabiber.
  • “From Drops to Waves: Woolf Arts Archive as a Basin” by Tuğba Çanakçı.
  • “Dimbola Lodge as a Precursor to the Bloomsbury Group” by Nidanur Yıldırım.
  • “Flawed Eyes and Faces Behind the Visible: Julia Margaret Cameron, Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier and; Cindy Sherman” by Independent Artist/Curator Can Akgümüş.
  • “Representation of Female Characters in Fictional Texts” by Dr. Abdullah Özdemir.
  • “Freshwater as a Play” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Gizem Yılmaz.
  • “Waves Hitting the Stage: Translating Woolf” by Dr. Ercan Gürova.

TED University’s Department of English Language and Literature hosted the event, which was supported by TEDU WIL (TED University Women in Literature).

Mine Özyurt Kiliç, professor of English at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey, and a member of the International Virginia Woolf Society (center), conceived of the archives project and made it a reality with the help of a dedicated team. Team members include Can Akgümüs, Atahan M. Karabīber, and Tugba Canakci.

 

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Orlando on stage in W. Bridgford Nov. 12-16

Posted in events, Orlando, play, Sarah Ruhl, tagged , on Sunday 10 November 2024| Leave a Comment »

The West Bridgford Dramatic Society will stage Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando from Nov. 12-16 at Studio Theatre, Stamford Road, West Bridgford, Notts NG2 6LS. Performances are at 7.30 p.m. each day and also at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 16.

About the play

This imaginative and thought-provoking play is adapted from Virginia Woolf’s celebrated novel by Sarah Ruhl. It immerses the audience in a world where a sixteenth-century youth embarks on a remarkable journey, changing sex, encountering Queen Elizabeth I, and traversing centuries. Live the novel, it includes Orlando’s quest for love, grapple with questions of identity, and ultimately achieve a deep understanding of life’s experiences.

Barbara Seymour directs the play, which includes a talented ensemble of actors and stunning costumes and set.

Tickets

Price: £12 (£10 concessions)
How to buy: Via the theatre’s website at https://www.wbds.co.uk/tickets.
Questions: Email the box officeat @wbds.co.uk or call 07942 352982.

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“Dalloway: Summer at Bourton” staged free Oct. 20 in NYC

Posted in Mrs. Dalloway, play, tagged , on Saturday 19 October 2024| Leave a Comment »

A workshop presentation of the play Dalloway: Summer at Bourton, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway, will be staged at 3 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the 6BC Botanical Garden, 624 E. 6th St. on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

The play imagines the fateful weekend that the characters experience 35 years before the main events of the novel. It explores the time when Clarissa meets Richard, refuses Peter’s proposal, and shares a kiss with Sally Seton. The garden was chosen as the site for the staging since much of the action at Bourton happens outside in the gardens.

Lindsay Joelle wrote the play and Olivia Facini directs it. Admission is free. The play runs from 3 – 4:30 p.m. and doors open at 2:30 p.m. RSVP and get more details at Eventbrite.

In the case of inclement weather, the presentation will move to New Georges’ The Room (520 8th Ave, third floor).

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First staged reading of Woolf’s play Freshwater in Turkish

Posted in play, Turkey, tagged , , on Saturday 12 October 2024| Leave a Comment »

Virginia Woolf’s Freshwater: A Comedy made its first appearance in Turkish in Turkey on Sept. 6, 100 years after it was written.

A scene in the staged reading of Woolf’s Freshwater in Turkish on Sept. 6. Photo by Tuğba Çanakçı & Alperen Yedekçi.

The panel discussion of the play and the staged reading were part of the 2nd International UTAD Conference, with its theme of “Existence, Tradition and Future.” It was held at Bahçeşehir University’s Pera Sahne.

A panel discussion led by Prof. Dr. Özyurt Kılıç and joined by Associate Professor Dr. Z. Gizem Yılmaz, introduced the audience to Woolf’s exploration of the boundaries between life and art, and how Freshwater fits into her broader body of work. Following the discussion, the play was performed as a staged reading.

Professor Kılıç describes the play as an example of “audience-specific drama,” providing a unique and thought-provoking experience for attendees. It is also said to give theatre scholars an opportunity to explore the multi-layered meaning of the play.

Background of the play

Freshwater concerns Woolf’s great-aunt, photographer Julie Margaret Cameron. and her coterie of artists that included Alfred Lord Tennyson and George Frederick Watts.

Woolf wrote Freshwater, which is set in a Victorian garden on a summer evening, in 1923 and revised it in 1935. In it, she creates “a deliberately witty and wacky universe peopled with a tribe of artists, friends, and lovers in a playful mood,” according to the Women’s Project. In its time, the play was praised for its humor and its challenge to traditional theatre norms.

It was staged for the first time in the U.S. in early 2009.

Get the Turkish translation online

Ercan Gürova’s translation, presented with a foreword by Özyurt Kılıç, was published by Mitos Boyut Yayınları and can be accessed online.

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