What did you do in the War, Mummy?
Things we’d never done before!
To mark the centenary of the First World War, critically acclaimed actress/singer/storyteller Fiona-Jane presents plays homage to the courageous women of wartime Britain in Wartime Women, an affectionate tribute with song, poetry and personal accounts from real women of the time.
In recognition of the women who fought for both country and women’s rights, Fiona-Jane brings to life the stories of Suffragettes and other heroines in a special one woman show to celebrate 100 years since the Armistice.
Things we’d never done before!
To mark the centenary of the First World War, critically acclaimed actress/singer/storyteller Fiona-Jane presents plays homage to the courageous women of wartime Britain in Wartime Women, an affectionate tribute with song, poetry and personal accounts from real women of the time.
In recognition of the women who fought for both country and women’s rights, Fiona-Jane brings to life the stories of Suffragettes and other heroines in a special one woman show to celebrate 100 years since the Armistice.
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A year of extensive research into the lives of women who lived during both World Wars led Fiona-Jane to present this emotive yet entertaining show. Wartime Women has been staged to critical acclaim at the then St James Theatre (The Other Palace) in London in 2014, and has since toured to the atmospheric Talbot House in Poperinge, near Ypres, Belgium, and nationally around the UK in theatres in Guildford, Leatherhead, Halifax, Broadstairs, Kent and Bath.
For the first time, 'ordinary' women became pilots, mechanics and engineers. They made munitions, worked the land and performed daring acts of espionage behind enemy lines. Things would never be the same again! Often moving and frequently funny, the celebrated mistress of dramatic cabaret, Fiona-Jane Weston re-creates the excitement of times that changed our world forever.
For the first time, 'ordinary' women became pilots, mechanics and engineers. They made munitions, worked the land and performed daring acts of espionage behind enemy lines. Things would never be the same again! Often moving and frequently funny, the celebrated mistress of dramatic cabaret, Fiona-Jane Weston re-creates the excitement of times that changed our world forever.
Concert tributes to World War I
The Cloth Hall, Ypres (with Peter Gill) To End All Wars (with Hugh Bonneville) To End All Wars (with Hugh Bonneville)
"..performed with charm and wit...Weston maintains a light touch, imparting intriguing nuggets of information at every step. We hear how children of the Great War gave Sing a Song of Sixpence a cynical twist and discover the different ways in which the ubiquitous Lili Marlene was used as an anti-Nazi propaganda weapon. A poem by Vera Brittain seeks out gallows humour in the misery of a hospital ward, while an anonymous sliver of verse tells of a housewife’s sardonic delight in finishing a blackout curtain. Jacques Brel’s Marieke isn’t an obvious period choice, but with its dissonances and its mix of French, Flemish and English it makes an audacious addition to the First World War playlist."
**** The Times
" Songs, rousing and sad,.. interspersed with poems and prose.. authentic uniforms..particularly moving.. This versatile singer-actress-writer... made for a hugely rewarding evening..."
Musical Theatre Review
To book to stage the show, please contact Fiona-Jane directly on fionajane@fionajaneweston.com or
BEYOND ETERNITY PROMOTIONS. Tel: 01242 587776│Email: info@beyondeternitypromotions.com
Photos: Elyse Marks, Rob White, Daphné Vangheluwe
**** The Times
" Songs, rousing and sad,.. interspersed with poems and prose.. authentic uniforms..particularly moving.. This versatile singer-actress-writer... made for a hugely rewarding evening..."
Musical Theatre Review
To book to stage the show, please contact Fiona-Jane directly on fionajane@fionajaneweston.com or
BEYOND ETERNITY PROMOTIONS. Tel: 01242 587776│Email: info@beyondeternitypromotions.com
Photos: Elyse Marks, Rob White, Daphné Vangheluwe
