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Winter Hill
Heroism is danger and risk, and frankly, until now, it’s been male. One evening, a group of women gather in a half-built structure on a moorland hill. Is it a chance to have a drink with friends? Is it a book club discussing famous heroines? Or is it a revolution? Set in the near future, Winter Hill centres on a eight women as they deal with the sale of local land to developers of a luxurious skyscraper hotel. Questioning the lengths people should go in the name of a cause, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Winter Hill premiered at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in May 2017.
80 pages, Paperback
Published August 9, 2018
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May 16, 2017
I went and saw a production of the play of Winter Hill on Saturday. It was only the third performance and the play was still being reformed with cuts being made, so I wanted to read the original play to see what had been cut. I think the bits that were cut actually added a good background and explained more of what was going on, and the philosophy behind it.
It was an interesting play, a reading group of women who were looking at what it meant to be a heroine and how to transfer that into their lives. The play examined what the furies represented, was protest an effective or ineffectual means of social change, what were women's roles in social progress, was everything male dominated, how are women forgotten in history, how does age effect these views? There were a lot of interesting ideas being thrown around, unfortuantely the answer to them was less inspiring. The ultimate resolution seemed to be that you needed to follow the rules and then small changes can happen. (Kinda the reverse of fight club) It was a shame it wasn't a more empowering message, realism rather than idealism seemed to win the day.
It was an interesting play, a reading group of women who were looking at what it meant to be a heroine and how to transfer that into their lives. The play examined what the furies represented, was protest an effective or ineffectual means of social change, what were women's roles in social progress, was everything male dominated, how are women forgotten in history, how does age effect these views? There were a lot of interesting ideas being thrown around, unfortuantely the answer to them was less inspiring. The ultimate resolution seemed to be that you needed to follow the rules and then small changes can happen. (Kinda the reverse of fight club) It was a shame it wasn't a more empowering message, realism rather than idealism seemed to win the day.
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