2022-2023
PHOTO BY
RUBY BELASSIE
Theatre Company
Championing Women and
Non-Binary artistS
Friday Drop-ins
At Scylla’s Bite studio
10am to 6pm on selected Fridays
Join us in the studio for a chat, a cuppa, or just a space to write and work.
We use Calendly to stay notified of who is coming and when.
Upcoming drop-ins
Just check our availability on the Thursday or Friday of that week and book in the time that you’re heading over.
Friday 31st May
Friday 7th June
Friday 28th June
Friday 5th July
Friday 19th July
Friday 26th July
Upcoming Workshops
Not Far From the Forest
Saturday 24th August
11am to 5:30pm
Where movement improvisation and live music meet the voice of the Forest.
Have you ever wondered whether plants and trees have a message to share with us? Have
you ever thought that we all belong to a breathing system which needs a space to continue
breathing clean and fresh air?
The workshop Not Far from the Forest is a space to voice these questions and listen to the
voice of the Forest within us through movement improvisation, choreography and creative
writing exercises. When we will move and write, our breathing will play a crucial role in our
exploration because, through our breath, we will discover how the Forest is always with us,
through us.
Not Far from the Forest is inspired from the dance-theatre performance Listen to the Forest,
created by Glasgow-based dancer and writer Valeria Levi. During the workshop Valeria will
make the most of her practice which combines movement and writing, using movement and
body where words cannot reach and playing with words to cast light upon moments when
movement gets too abstract.
Valeria will be accompanied by multi-instrumentalist and composer Eloise Kretschmer who
has already collaborated with Valeria in previous stages of development of Listen to the
Forest.
Open level workshop. No experience in dance, movement and writing is required. Our Forest is open to everybody!
For those who wish, we will host a little social event at the end of the workshop to connect and share what we have explored during our workshop. If you cannot make it to the workshop but would like to join our social, you are more than welcome to. Join us from 6.30pm onwards.
Bring your curiosity and wear comfortable clothes!
Led by Valeria Levi
Music by Eloise Kretschmer
Prices on a sliding scale: 25£ (concession), 40£ (full price), 55£ (full plus donation).
For those who may struggle to incur this cost but would like to develop their practise, Scylla’s Bite have a small number of subsidised spaces for this workshop. Please contact Valeria to find out more.
For info and bookings please contact Valeria at listentotheforest23@gmail.com
Who We Are
Our theatre company was born from the frustration of being unheard voices in the room. The only way for our stories to have a platform was to create one ourselves. Scylla’s Bite works exclusively with women and non-binary creators; to give over the floor and create the opportunity to say what needs to be said.
We create truthful, feminist theatre that bites. We acknowledge those scary things held too tightly to our chests and make the world know them to. Now is the time to be unafraid, angry and relentless. It's time to face the monsters created. When we don’t talk about issues plainly and honestly, we remove the possibility for real social change.
Our mission is to springboard artists’ work by listening, teaching, empowering and encouraging. We will create a safe, accessible and diverse space that champions the voices of those who are often spoken over. We're making room and taking charge in all roles. Whether as directors, technical crew, designers, writers or performers - we belong in theatre.
Rebekah (she/her)
Rebekah graduated from UEA's Scriptwriting and Performance BA in 2021 and has gone on to direct, produce, write and perform. During her studies, Rebekah performed regularly in university productions and was an assistant director on the 5-Star production Bottom's Up at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2021, Rebekah's play Of Milk and Honey was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury Prize. She has previously worked with Abbie as writer and performer in RatsNest Theatre's 2022 fringe show This Is Your Captian Speaking. Rebekah and Abbie formed Scylla’s Bite in 2022 and produced Break Up WIth Your Boyfriend in 2023.
Abbie (she/her)
Also a UEA drama graduate, Abbie has worked primarily as a sound designer and writer. Her co-written play Nothing Happens in a Petrol Station Car Park was awarded the Minotaur Theatre creative writing slot in 2021. After working as a Company Technician for Minotaur Theatre and technical operator for Pleasance at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Abbie has gone onto design and operate three fringe shows; Balderdash Theatre's Drown Your Sorrows (2021), Orange Skies' Wild Onion (2022/23), and RatsNest Theatre's This is Your Captain Speaking (2022) where she was also a writer and production manager.
Why We're Here
Statistics taken from: Mercury Musical Developments (2022), Millikin University in Decatur survey: Theatre Design & Technology (2019), United States Institute for Theatre TecWomen in Theatre Survey (2021), Gender Equality and Diversity in Eauropean Theatres (2021) What Share of The Cake by Sphinx (2019).
93% of women working in sound and lighting design have experienced gender discrimination.
SOUND/Lighting
0.64% of NPO funding went to women's theatre companies in 2015-2018.
Funding
Writers
26% of all UK theatre writers in 2022 were female and non-binary.
Directors
21% of NPO funding in 2017/18 went to female artistic directors.
61% of women have considered leaving working in theatre.
SUSTainability
86% of women working in theatre are worried gender inequality will increase post-pandemic.
pAndemic
Programmes
For every 4 women mentioned in a theatre programme there are 6 men - with men dominating technical, playwright and director roles.
graduates
56% of female arts students and graduates have experienced negative perceptions of women's work, sexist comments or double standards in the workplace.
Created by Abbie Lowe and Rebekah Smith
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 at the Pleasance Courtyard
An upbeat, queer and honest exploration of consent, self-love and healing. Diving into the world of noughties nostalgia, Cassie and Jo come face to face with the realities of their romantic relationships and the toxic truth behind them.
POST-SHOW PODCAST
We chatted to Dr. Nina Burrowes from The Consent Collective about all things BUWYB. Join us as we navigate the difficult themes of the play and their real life applications.
[Content: themes of sexual relationships and emotional triggers.]
The Zine
There was so much more we wanted to say about the show, so we’ve made a zine filled to the absolute brim with stuff.
Read at your pleasure...
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