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Jack, an aging actor, walks into a pub. Ava, a bartender auditioning, once again, for drama school, pours him a drink. Jack offers to help Ava with her monologues, and the two wend their way through the Shakespeare canon, clashing and connecting as they do. Based on the ineffable Tina Packer's Women of Will, this production charts the way Shakespeare's writing for women changed across his career. Intimate, epic; what emerges is an homage to some of the Bard's heroines, a love song to connection, as they learn to listen to both the text and each other.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Women of Will is by Tina Packer, Ella Loudon, Paul-Lou Lemieux, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL, 18 August to 31 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets from £10.