Women & Theatre celebrate their 40th anniversary with a season of work including a new commission Not the Last a play about Louisa Ryland who donated the land which would become Cannon Hill Park.

The company never closes during the global pandemic, adapting to working remotely and continuing to make work with those who are most vulnerable of social isolation.

W&T celebrated its 30th anniversary with a new production at The REP called For the Past 30 Years. 

W&T’s produced The Palace of Wasted Dreams, in association with mac, paving the way for other shows where participants took active roles in the creation of new theatre.

W&T took full advantage of the comedic talents of its Artistic Director & began delivering Community Comedy Courses.

Overall winners of GlaxoSmithKline’s Impact Awards for excellence in community health, receiving a prize of £30,000.

W&T became a Creative Partnerships partner to a cluster of 5 schools.

Victoria Firth was appointed as the first General Manager, to co-run the Company with Janice.

Over time the member’s interests diversified and one by one 3 of the 4 co-founders left to pursue different interests. Janice Connolly remained committed to the Company & in 1995 became Artistic Director.

W&T began working with West Midlands Probation Service.

In response to the need for public education around HIV, W&T began to focus its work on health and social care issues developing a national reputation for excellence in the field of Theatre in Health Education. While retaining the core principle of representing women’s experience, W&T began working with male & mixed

W&T was incorporated as a limited company and became a registered charity in 1987.

Janice Connolly, Polly Wright, Jo Broadwood & Sue Learwood, decided to continue the work on a full time basis, collaboratively devising new theatre relevant to the experiences of women.