Performance

Venue	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
	Also: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Inigo Jones, Globe Education Centre Theatre (Park Street)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	6th December 2019
Opened	12th December 2019
To	15th February 2020
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (V165)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 13 Nov 19 - T1196649088
Date of change: 12 Jul 19 - T1196649088

Swive (Elizabeth)

Work:: Swive (Elizabeth) (S2051787483)

Swive - (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a woman). (archaic, transitive, dialectal ) To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest. Sex as power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Elizabeth was a political mastermind and monarchic force who reigned supreme for 45 years, and yet she still felt that her power ultimately resided in her beauty. Swive interrogates the power of aesthetics in gaining and maintaining control in a patriarchy. The power of kings is never predicated on their appearance. In Swive, Hickson shines candlelight on the savage pressure that women are under to sell themselves on their least interesting quality. If beauty is the key to survival, how do you hold on to what time will take away?

Author

Ella Hickson

Production:: (T1196649088)

Producer	Shakespeare's Globe
Director	Natalie Abrahami
Costume	Sian Harris
Director	Anthony Lau (assistant)
Music	Angus MacRae
Other	Prema Mehta (candle consultant)
Director	Anna Morrissey (movement director)
Design	Ben Stones
Director	Sian Williams (associate movement director)
Other	Emma Woodvine (voice)
Performer	Nina Cassells
Performer	Abigail Cruttenden
Performer	Michael Gould
Performer	Colin Tierney

Listing:: L1839958146

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Production details

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Special Performances

9 Jan 20 Captioned
18 Jan 20 Audio Described
8 Feb 20 Relaxed

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