Unruly Woman at Wolverhampton ArtsFest

Unruly Woman at Wolverhampton ArtsFest

18^th June, 7.30, Arena Tilstone Theatre

Bookings and more details:

https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/calendar/?view=fulltext&id=d.en.1108779

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It is impossible
That any clerk speak well of women.
Who painted the lion, tell me, who?
By God, if women had written stories
As clerks have in their studies
They would have written more of men’s wickedness
Than all the mark of Adam might redress.

(Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue).
Storyteller and academic Daisy Black presents an indecorous assortment of medieval tales from around Europe about women who gain the upper hand – or, occasionally, the upper arse.

These are stories of sex, of disguise and deception, of arse-kissing, and of women finding creative, naughty and cunning ways to overcome the restrictions placed upon them by their gender and class.

Interlacing medieval fabliaux and romance with bawdy folk songs, this one-woman performance pays homage to literature’s original ‘nasty women’.

The performance lasts for just over one hour and is suitable for ages 16 and up.