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ADA CAmpe back at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern for the 2024/5 pantomime!

After being part of the award winning cast (Best Panto Performance, 2024 Offie Awards) for the RVT panto last year, Ada Campe is returning this year to star as Granny La Hood in Wolfed.

Shows run from 25th November 2024 to 9th January 2025
For more info and to book, click here

British Music Hall Society conference, 13th October

Naomi will be giving a paper entitled Entertainments for Enfranchisement: Variety and the Actresses' Franchise League at the 2024 BMHS Conference which is themed around Music Hall Songs and Conflict.
She'll be speaking at Hoxton Hall on Sunday 13th October

Suffra-Greats! Card game now on sale in parliament

You can buy the game in person or online at the House of Parliament gift shop:
www.shop.parliament.uk/products/suffra-greats-card-game?_pos=1&_sid=fa2ed392b&_ss=r

You can also get it directly from Clavis and Claustra here: www.clavisandclaustra.co.uk/products/suffragreats-game

BBC Radio 3 The essay, 23rd September

Naomi is presenting an episode of The Essay on BBC Radio 3 about Teresa del Riego and her Suffrage National Anthem from 1911.
The programme features a performance of the song by Lucy Stevens and Elizabeth Marcus.
For more info click here
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00230gr

Popfest event, Somerset house, 17th September

Ada Campe is hosting a showcase and book launch for the Politics of Patents project at Somerset House on the 17th September.
The event is free to attend but tickets must be reserved in advance. For more info and tickets click the link below:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/popfest-research-showcase-book-launch-tickets-998385938217?aff=oddtdtcreator

International Brotherhood of Magicians british ring convention
13-15 September

Naomi has been invited to give a talk for the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians at their 2024 convention.
The talk is about magic and the suffrage movement, will be on Sunday 15th September at Venue Cymru in Llandudno and is entitled "Conjuring Votes for Women"

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2024

Ada Campe is returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and The Stand Comedy Club with her new show Big Duck Energy!
Shows at 3pm from the 1-25th August - for more click the link below:
tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ada-campe-big-duck-energy

University of westminster, 6th June

Naomi is returning to the Graduate School festival at the University of Westminster to host the 3MT competition.
More here: blog.westminster.ac.uk/graduateschoolfestival/graduateschoolfestival2024/programme-2024/3-minute-thesis-competition-2024/

WAndsworth Arts Fringe Launch, 5th June

Ada Campe is hosting the launch event for Wandsworth Arts Fringe at Tooting Tram and Social on the 5th June.

Ada's show Big Duck Energy is part of the fringe this year. Find out more:
www.wandsworthfringe.com/whats-on-2024/big-duck-energy

Wilton's Music Hall, 20th May

Naomi is delighted to have been invited to give a lecture for Sion College at Wilton's Music Hall on the 20th May.
Her talk is entitled "Suffragettes and the Arts"

The Judy Project at the May Fayre, 12th May

Bard Behaviour! at the V&A, 23rd April

Ada Campe is hosting a variety extravaganza for Shakespeare's Birthday at the V&A museum in South Kensington - featuring drag, ventriloquism, comedy, clowning and more!

For more info and tickets, click here:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/mWWQXXY8OZ9/bard-behaviour-celebrating-shakespeare

Northumbria University, 20th March

Naomi will be giving a paper for the Institute of Humanities seminar at Northumbria University on 20th March entitled
“When you want a thing done, get a man to do it!” Necessary strategies of presence and absence in suffrage theatre and performance.

Attendees are welcome in person and online via Teams

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 6th March

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on the 6th March.
The programme is about writers, artists and their muses - and she's joined by curator Tabitha Barber, historian Rochelle Rowe, and novelist Helen Cullen.
The episode is available on BBC Sounds and as the Arts and Ideas podcast.

To listen and finds out more, click here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wqxm

King's Head Theatre, 5th March

Naomi will be one of the actors for a new writing evening at the King's Head Theatre in Islington on 5th March.
For more about Turning the Screw: Playwright's Response, click here

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 16th January

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on the 16th January.
The programme is about dust, dirt, and domesticity - and she'll be joined by author Jay Owens, architect Marianna Janowicz and social geographer Sam Johnson-Schlee.
The episode will be available after the broadcast on BBC Sounds and as the Arts and Ideas podcast.

To find out more, click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v4qh

Finalist for 2024 Offies - Best Panto performance

Naomi is thrilled to be a finalist in the Panto Performance category of the 2024 Offies as part of the cast of the adult panto Tossed! at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

The Offies promote, support and celebrate independent, alternative and fringe theatre in London and the UK.
The awards will take place on the 25th February and the Tossed! cast have everything crossed.
To find out more about the Offies and see the other finalists, click here:
offies.london/2024-finalists-winners/

Pantomime at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Ada Campe will be appearing as The Sorcererer in the RVT Panto Tossed! which runs from the 28th November 2023 to the 5th January 2024

For more info and to book, click here:
www.vauxhalltavern.com/events/event/tossed-the-royal-vauxhall-tavern-panto-2023/

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 15th November

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on the 15th November.
The programme is about women, art, and activism -
with a specific focus on new exhibitions at Tate Britain, the Barbican Centre, and Modern Art Oxford.

To find out more, click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5x1

Being Human Festival, 15th November

Pockets of Power! - a collaboration between Scary Little Girls, Dr Kat Jungnickel, and Naomi originally commissioned by Theatre and Circus at Glastonbury Festival - will be part of the 2023 Being Human festival.

For more info and to reserve a free ticket, click here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pockets-of-power-tickets-705269248307

Festival of the accused, British Library, 4th November

Naomi will be chairing an event as part of The Festival of the Accused at the British Library on 4th November.

Witch-Hunt: A History of Persecution brings together leading historians Malcolm Gaskill, Marion Gibson, and Ronald Hutton to discuss the English Witch Trials. The event runs from 2.30-3.40pm and will be in person in the Piggot Theatre at the British Libary and also live streamed.

For more info and tickets, click this link:
www.bl.uk/events/witch-hunt-a-history-of-persecution

BBC radio 3 Free Thinking, 18th October

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on the 18th October, and it's all about Humours and the body.

To find out more, or listen online, click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001r9c6

BBc Radio 3 Free thinking, 13th September

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 13th January. Her guests are Diarmuid Hester, Dodie Bellamy, Lauren Elvin, and James Corley. The programme is about queer histories, subcultures and narratives, and feminist radical art.

To find out more, or listen online click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q76q

The MAgic circle Awards, 31st August

Ada Campe is hosting The Magic Circle Awards on the 31st August at The Magic Circle in London.

Ada Campe in the Guardian, August 2023

Ada Campe is featured in this Guardian article about the first week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe:
www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2023/aug/05/edinburgh-festival-2023-kicks-off-murdo-macleod-in-pictures

Pockets of Power! at Glastonbury Festival, June

Naomi is delighted to be collaborating with feminist production hub Scary Little Girls and Dr Kat Jungnickel from the Politics of Patents project at Goldsmiths College, University of London, for a commission from Glastonbury Festival.

Pockets of Power! will be performed every day from Thursday to Sunday on the A Little More Sensation Stage in the Cabaret area.

For more information click here: www.politicsofpatents.org/2023/05/20/glastonbury-2023/
and follow @ada.campe, @scarylittlegirls, and @politics_of_patents on Instagram

BBC radio 3 Free Thinking, 21st June

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on Wednesday 21st June, and it's all about the Diva, past and present.

To find out more and listen, or listen again after the broadcast, click here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mvn7

Graduate school festival at the University of Westminster, 8th June

Naomi is delighted to be returning to the University of Westminster's Graduate School Festival to host the 3MT competition on the 8th June.

Sound of the year awards, 11th May

Naomi is co-hosting the Sound of the Year Awards on the 11th April.
The event is presented by The Radiophonic Institute, and will take place at the British Library.

For more information click below:
www.soundoftheyearawards.com/

BBC Radio 3 The Verb, 21st April

Naomi is a guest on BBC Radio 3's The Verb on the 21st April, discussing suffragist playwright Peggy Webling and inspirational funny women writers.

The episode is called Funny Women - for more info click here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kvtg

Ada Campe nominated for best newcomer at the 2023 Pantomime Awards

Naomi's comedy/cabaret alter ego Ada Campe has been nominated in the UK Pantomime Association's Pantomime Awards 2023 for Best Newcomer!
The awards will be held at a live event at the Trafalgar Theatre on the 11th April.

Find out more and see the full list of nominations here

BBC RAdio 3 New Thinking, 13th March

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's New Thinking podcast on the 13th March, and it's all about British Sign Language.

To find out more and listen, click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f81jz0

Ada Campe at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival fringe

Naomi is taking her cabaret alter ego Ada Campe to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show.

Ada Campe: Naval Gazing will run at The Stand's New Town Theatre (venue 7) from the 3-27 August at 2.55pm. For more info and to book: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ada-campe-naval-gazing

bbc radio 3 Free Thinking, 14th February

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on the 14th February, and it's all about Stories of Love.

Find more info and how to listen here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hxhk

Deeds with words event, 13th January

Deeds with Words: the theatre and Votes for Women will feature a short talk about the Actresses’ Franchise League and readings by the current cast of Chippy Theatre’s Dick Whittington of two short plays – Cicely Hamilton’s Anti-Suffrage Waxworks (1908) and G.B. Stern’s For One Night Only (1911).

The event will take place at The Theatre Chipping Norton at 4.30pm on the 13th January, and is free to attend.

For more information and to reserve tickets, click here: www.chippingnortontheatre.com/whats-on/deeds-with-words-the-theatre-and-votes-for-women

BBC Radio oxford, 22nd December

BBC Radio Oxford visited The Theatre Chipping Norton to see the panto, and interviewed Ada Campe!

You can hear the item here on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dqwtfh

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 7th December

Naomi is a guest on the episode of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, talking about her role as Queen Rat in the pantomime Dick Whittington, and an Edwardian performer who specialised in playing Dick Whittington's cat.

The episode is called 'Trapeze Acts and Circus Celebrities' and will be broadcast on the 7th December at 10pm

To listen or listen again via BBC Sounds, click here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fnkc

Dick whittington,
The Theatre Chipping Norton

Naomi's comedy character Ada Campe is appearing in pantomime this year!
She is delighted to be playing the baddie, Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at The Theatre Chipping Norton.

The panto runs from 16th November 2022 to 15th January 2023, and more information and tickets can be found here:
www.chippingnortontheatre.com/whats-on/dick-whittington

Being Human Festival Launch, 8th November

Naomi is hosting the launch of the 2022 Being Human Festival, the UK's annual festival of the humanities, on the 8th November at the Museum of the Home.

For more information click here: www.beinghumanfestival.org/

BBC Radio 3 The Listening Service, 16th September

Naomi is a guest on the episode of BBC Radio 3's The Listening Service, talking about the connections between magic and music.

The episode is called 'Abracadabra' and will be broadcast on the 16th September at 4.30pm.

To listen or listen again via BBC Sounds, click here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bs91

Ada CAmpe: too Little, Too Soon at the edinburgh Festival fringe

Naomi will be taking Ada Campe's new show to the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe for a full run at The Stand's New Town Theatre. For more information, go to the Comedy page on this site.

BBC Radio 3 New Thinking, 21st July

Naomi is presenting an episode of the BBC Radio 3 New Thinking podcast called Citizen researchers and the history of record keeping.

For more info and to listen online or download, click the link below:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cnb229

Deeds with words and ada campe: too little, too soon double bill, 21st July

There's going to be a staged reading of three suffrage plays at The Drapery, Redruth, on 21st July featuring performers from Scary Little Girls' Radical Rep and the Hall for Cornwall play readers. The reading will be followed by a performance of Ada Campe: Too Little, Too Soon. Both events are part of the Mayven Festival - more details via the link below:

www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/playhouse-tickets-shows/deeds-with-words-and-ada-campe-too-little-too-soon-double-bill/about-the-show

BBC Radio 4 Science Stories, 19th July

Naomi is a guest on BBC Radio 4's Science Stories episode The Woman Who Tamed Lightning on the 19th July. This programme was originally broadcast in 2016.

You can listen live at 11am on BBC Radio 4, or listen online here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0858v5m

BBC Radio 3 NEw Thinking, 6th July

Naomi is presenting an episode of the BBC Radio 3 New Thinking podcast called India in the archives - for more info and to listen online or download, click this link:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cgxgjm

BBC Radio 3 New Thinking, 7th June

Naomi is presenting an episode of the BBC Radio 3 New Thinking podcast called Uncovering Queer Communities - for more info and to listen online or download, click the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cbtrkv

University of Westminster showoff event, 23rd May

On the 23rd May, Naomi is hosting a special Graduate School Showoff event in the Fyvie Hall at the University of Westminster on Regent Street. The event will showcase the work of PhD researchers across the University.

Deeds with words playreading, 4th May

The online Suffrage Plays Reading Group that Naomi started back in 2020 is doing a live reading at the Phoenix Arts Club in London on the 4th May, in association with Scary Little Girls!

The reading starts at 7pm. To book, click here
https://phoenixartsclub.com/whats-on/eventdetails/?id=40401AJTHBLMVMBVCCLGRTCHHQHMCLTQK

Museums Showoff, 26th April

Naomi is thrilled to be hosting the 50th Museums Showoff show at The Phoenix pub near Oxford Circus on the 26th April. It's also the first live show back for two years!

For more info about Museums Showoff and to book, click here
https://gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/about/

BBC radio 3 Free tHinking, 19th April

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on the 19th April.
The programme is entitled Preserving our heritage - more info and how to listen can be found here:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016969

Bloomsbury - outsider insider, 2nd april

Naomi will be in conversation with Dr Matthew Ingleby from QMUL about the feminist and suffragist history of Bloomsbury, as part of Bloomsbury Outsider Insider at 44 Great Russell Street on the 2nd April.

Primadonna Prize event, 31st March

Naomi will be speaking about the Actresses' Franchise League as part of the Primadonna Prize event at the Conway Hall on the 31st March.Singer and performer Lucy Stevens will also be performing songs by Ethel Smyth and Liza Lehmann, who were both members of the AFL. To find out more and book tickets, click here
https://primadonnafestival.com/prize/

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 9th March

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on the 9th March.
The programme is titled New research into women's history - more info and how to listen can be found here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014ysn

Sylvia pankhurst: Art and Activism, 3rd February

Dr Rachel Holmes author of Sylvia Pankhurst. Natural Born Rebel, will be talking to Naomi about Sylvia’s extraordinary work and life in an event organised by LSE Library and taking place online on the 3rd February from 6-7pm.

For more information and to book free tickets, click the link below:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/events/general/sylvia-pankhurst-art-and-activism

BBC radio 3 New Thinking, 8th December

Naomi is presenting a New Thinking episode of the BBC Radio 3 Arts and Ideas podcast all about the winning films of the 2021 Research in Film Awards. She'll be speaking to the academics, researchers and filmmakers involved in each project. The podcast will be available to download or listen via the BBC Sounds website or app on the 8th December.

To listen and for more information, click the link below:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b8tfhp

BBC radio 3 New Thinking, 19th November

Naomi is presenting a New Thinking episode of the BBC Radio 3 Arts and Ideas podcast on the theme of Memorials and Commemoration. She will be speaking to Dr Martin Zebracki from the Queer Memorials project and Professor Keith Lilley who has worked on a series of mapping projects linked to the anniversary of the First World War.

The podcast will be available to on the 19th November. To listen, click the link below:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b553hb

Alice's adventures in edwardian activist theatre, V&A London, 6th November

Naomi is giving a talk called 'Will you, won't you, will you, won't you join the Suffrage dance? Alice's adventures in Edwardian activist theatre' on Saturday 6th November at 2pm in the Lecture Theatre at the V&A in London.
The event will feature selections from Liza Lehmann's Nonsense Songs cycle performed by Lucy Stevens and Elizabeth Marcus, and extracts from suffrage plays performed by members of the Suffrage Plays reading group.

It's free to attend but tickets to the museum (also free) must be booked in advance via the link below:

https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/book-free-timed-entry

bbc Radio 3 Free Thinking, 19th October

Naomi will be presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 on the 19th October, speaking to Stephen Bourne about his new book Deep Are the Roots: Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre; to Nadine Deller about her work with and in the National Theatre's Black Plays archive; and to Adjoa Osei about Afro-Cuban performer Rita Montaner.

To find out more click here:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010q8b

BBC radio 4 Woman's Hour, 4th October

Naomi will be on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme on the 4th October to talk about the history of women in magic, focusing on Adelaide Herrmann and Ellen E. Armstrong.

To listen live or on BBC Sounds, click here
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001069n

50 Women in theatre Book launch event, 3rd october

Naomi has contributed a chapter called Early Stage Pioneers to a new book, 50 Women in Theatre, published by Aurora Metro Press. The book will be launched at a special event in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, on the 3rd October.

For more about the book, click here:
https://www.aurorametro.com/product/50-women-in-theatre/

TAPRA ECR Keynote lecture, 8th September

As the recipient of the 2019 Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) Early Career Research Prize, Naomi is giving the ECR keynote lecture for the 2021 TaPRA Conference, which is taking place online. Her lecture is entitled:
My immense but co-ordinated Octopus Teacher: an ECR in COVID times takes inspiration from the AFL during WW1.

Salon de la vie season finale, 25th August

Join us on youtube for Salon de la Vie: Taking the Stage at 7.30pm on the 25th August for a special event all about suffrage theatre - featuring songs, plays, and lots of cats!

The event will premiere here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScaryLittleGirls/videos

the queen's english event, 25th august

Naomi will be talking to author Chloe O. Davis about her book The Queens' English, The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases at a very special live online author event run by Store 104 on the 25th July at 7.30pm.

If you buy a ticket for the event you will receive a free copy of the book!
For more info and to book, click here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-event-with-chloe-odavis-the-queens-english-tickets-167317185205

Primadonna festival, 31st July

Both Naomi and Ada Campe will be appearing at the Primadonna Festival, which is taking place at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Suffolk, from 30th July to 31st August.

Naomi will be talking about suffrage newspapers at the Make Your Own Zine session, and Ada Campe will be in the Saturday night comedy show, and is going to be the celebrant at the Sunday morning self-partnering session!

For more about Primadonna, click here: www.primadonnafestival.com/

Salon de la vie:season finale! 28th July

UPDATE: Due to a COVID ping for one of the participants, this live event has unfortunately had to be postponed.
SLG have contacted ticketholders and we will reschedule asap. In the meantime, the previous episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScaryLittleGirls/videos

Fellow of the royal historical society, 27th July

Naomi is delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of her contribution to historical scholarship.

Jackie Collins - Lady Boss event, 14th July

Naomi is chairing a special and free online event for LSE Library based around new documentary film Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story with the film's director Laura Fairrie, writer Melanie Blake, and publisher Suzanne Baboneau.

The event is on 14th July at 6.30pm and will be live streamed.
For more information about how to attend, click here:

https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/events/general/jackie-collins-%E2%80%93-lady-boss-an-unexpected-pioneer-in-women's-fiction

Salon de la vie: The woman's theatre, 14th July

The fourth Salon explores the dreams of feminist and suffragists in the early twentieth century for a Woman's Theatre - and how they hoped it would change the industry for future generations. The Salon will be live streamed on YouTube at 7.30pm on the 14th July.

For more info and the link to watch:
https://scarylittlegirls.co.uk/event/salon-de-la-vie-season-four-the-womans-theatre/

publication of Women's Suffrage in word, image, music, stage and screen, 14th JUly

Naomi is delighted to have a written a chapter for a new book edited by Dr Christopher Wiley and Dr Lucy Ella Rose -Women's Suffrage in Word, Image, Music, Stage and Screen - which is being published on the 14th July.

Her chapter is entitled ‘”Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, join the Suffrage Dance?”: Reframing Alice in Wonderland for Edwardian activists’. You can find out more about the book here:
www.routledge.com/Womens-Suffrage-in-Word-Image-Music-Stage-and-Screen-The-Making-of/Wiley-Rose/p/book/9780367361983

Salon de la Vie: Nobody expects the Suffragettes!
30th June

The third Salon is all about pop up acts of suffrage activism and will be live streamed on YouTube at 7.30pm on the 30th June.

For more info and the link to watch:
https://scarylittlegirls.co.uk/event/salon-de-la-vie-season-four-nobody-expects-the-suffragettes/

Festival of Modernism event, 23rd June

Naomi is taking part in an online discussion about Modernist performance with Dr Claire Warden and Adjoa Osei on the 23rd June at 4pm as part of the 2021 Festival of Modernism.

For more info and the rest of the festival programme:
https://bams.ac.uk/modfest2021/

Salon de la vie: Birds of a feather,
16th June

The second Salon de la Vie is happening on the 16th June - and will be streamed on Youtube at 7.30pm. We'll be talking suffrage parrots, a suffrage play abot parrots, and the intersections between suffrage, vegetarianism, and animal rights campaigns.

For more info and the link to watch:
https://scarylittlegirls.co.uk/event/salon-de-la-vie-season-four-birds-of-a-feather/

Salon de la vie: Votes for Children,
2nd June

Naomi is collaborating with Rebecca Mordan from Scary Little Girls for their 4th Salon de la Vie series, which will explore different facets of the suffrage campaign.
The first Salon is on the 2nd June and will be streamed on Youtube at 7.30pm.

For more info: https://scarylittlegirls.co.uk/event/salon-de-la-vie-season-four-votes-for-children/

Creative engagement with hard to reach communities seminar, IPEN, 26th May

Naomi will be chairing a seminar for the International Parliament Engagement Network on the 26th May highlighting three creative engagement projects. The speakers will be Bethan James from the Royal Mint Museum, Dr Sylvan Baker from The Verbatim Formula, and Professor David Harradine from Fevered Sleep.

For more info: https://ipen-network.org/creative-engagement-with-hard-to-reach-communities/

Reading Twenty-three, 28th April

We're reading more suffrage plays on Zoom at 7.30pm on the 28th April!
Plays currently tbc.

For info about how to watch live please contact Naomi or join the Suffrage plays reading group on Facebook

Statues for the unforgotten, 31st March

Naomi and Ada Campe have been commissioned by Spare Tyre Theatre Company to contribute to their Statues for the Unforgotten project, which launches online at 6pm on the 31st March. Naomi will be talking about 18th century waxwork exhibitor Mrs Salmon, and Ada Campe has a great idea to celebrate ventriloquist and magician Terri Rogers.

To find out more about the project and the other statues proposed so far, visit
https://www.sparetyre.org/whats-on/events/statues-for-the-unforgotten

reading twenty-two, 29th March

We're reading and discussing An Anti-Suffragist or The Other Side by H M Paull (1910), Lord Curzon's 15 good reasons against the grant of female suffrage (1909), Miss Appleyard’s’ Awakening and Showin’ Samyel by Evelyn Glover (1911 and 1914), and The Woman of It, or Our Friends the Anti-Suffragists by Mary Shaw (1914).

For info about how to watch contact Naomi or join the Suffrage plays reading group on Facebook.

Reading twenty-one, 22nd March

We're reading and discussing Lady Geraldine's Speech by Beatrice Harraden (1909), Her Vote by H.V. Esmond (1909) and A Suffrage Rummage Sale by Mary Winsor (1913) on Zoom at 7.30pm GMT on Monday 22nd March.

For info about how to watch contact Naomi or join the Suffrage plays reading group on Facebook

Museums Showoff, 16th march

The next online Museums Showoff show is going to be streamed on YouTube on the 16th March.

For info about the line-up and how to book: gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/

The Menopause: Challenging the taboo, 8th March

Naomi has been invited to perform at the beginning of a special International Women's Day event held by London South Bank University online on the 8th March.

To find out more and book a free ticket, click below:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-menopause-challenging-the-taboo-tickets-137582307385

Readings Nineteen & Twenty, 23rd February

We read "Woman on Her Own" (La Femme Seule) by Brieux, translated by Mrs Bernard Shaw (1913) across two sessions.

To find out about future sessions, contact Naomi or join the Suffrage Plays Reading Group on Facebook

Reading eighteen, 18th February

The suffrage plays reading group read "The Apple" by Inez Bensusan (1911) and "Edith" by Elizabeth Baker (1912)

To find out about future sessions, contact Naomi or join the Suffrage Plays Reading Group on Facebook

CBC Radio (canada), 30th January

Naomi was a guest on CBC Radio's Day 6 with Brent Banbury show on the 30th January, in a segment entitled "Magic marks 100 years of sawing women in half"

To listen online, click the link:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-14-day-6/clip/15821913-magic-marks-100-years-sawing-women-half

Reading seventeen, 26th January

For Reading Seventeen, we read "10 Clowning Street" by Joan. S. Dugdale (1913) and two short pieces by Lorimer Royston - "Little Jane and Grandmama" and "Fair Play" (both 1914)

To join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Magic Circle Unlocked, 17th January

Naomi is speaking at a special event organised by The Magic Circle and celebrating 100 years since the first performance of one of the best known stage illusions in magic - Sawing a Woman in Half. The event will be streamed free on The Magic Circle Unlocked Facebook page at 6pm GMT on Sunday 17th January.

Actresses' Franchise League talk, 13th January

Naomi is delighted to be giving the London Historians Monthly Lecture on 13th January at 7pm. She'll be speaking about her research into the Actresses' Franchise League.

To book tickets, click here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-actresses-franchise-league-tickets-129687413545

BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, 13th January

Naomi will be a guest on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 on the 13th January to talk about magic and suffragettes in advance of the special event happening at The Magic Circle on the 17th January.

To listen, click here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r4thwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r4th

reading sixteen, 17th december

For Reading Sixteen, the Suffrage Plays Reading Group will be reading a selection of suffrage poetry.
To join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

BBC Radio 3 Free thinking, 9th December

Naomi is a guest on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on the 9th December. The programme is entitled Hey Presto! and she'll be discussing magic, pantomime, and her research.
To find out more or listen online, click here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q376

Readings Fourteen and Fifteen - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 26th November

We read "My Little Sister" by Elizabeth Robins (1913) across two sessions - Acts One and Two in the afternoon and Acts Three and Four in the evening.

Public Engagement workshop for LAHP, 25th November

Naomi is very glad to be running another workshop for PhD researchers from the London Arts & Humanities Partnership.

Readings Twelve and Thirteen - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 24th November

We read "Where Are You Going To?" by Cicely Hamilton (1914) across two sessions - Acts One and Two in the afternoon and Acts Three and Four in the afternoon.

"Stage Rights" out in paperback, 20th November

Naomi's book about the Actresses' Franchise League is coming out in paperback on the 20th November - and it's much more affordable than the hardback at just £20! Hurray!

This edition features a few updates from the 2018 hardback, and is not only an 'excellent' (History Today) read but also a great gift for anyone interested in theatre history, feminist history, suffrage history, and the Actresses' Franchise League.

You can order it via the Manchester University Press site here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526114808/ or ask your local bookshop to get it in for you.

Embrace the Base, Being Human Festival, 18th November

Naomi is working with Rebecca Mordan of Scary Little Girls to run an exciting online event as part of the 2020 Being Human Festival.
Embrace the Base will run from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on Zoom, and will focus on the creative outputs of the Greenham Women Everywhere project.

We'll be talking about oral histories, creating games, sharing songs, writing short plays, and the process of research. There'll also be a very special preview of a new virtual reality output of the project - exciting times!

The event is free - and you can sign up to join us here:
https://beinghumanfestival.org/event/embrace-the-base-living-legacies-of-greenham-women/

Reading Eleven - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 16th November

We read "The Woman with the Pack" by Gertrude Vaughan (1912)

Reading Ten - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 20th October

We read "Which" by Evelyn Glover (1914) and "How One Woman Did It" by J.L. Austin (1912)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Nine - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 15th October

We read "Supposing" by Sewell Collins (1913) and "The First Actress" by Christopher St John (1911)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Eight - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 8th October

We read "A Bit of Blighty" by Evelyn Glover (1917) and "When Women Rule" by Ned Joyce Heaney (1913).

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Collisions Festival, 30th September

Collisions festival is organised by PhD students at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London and is happening this year online on the 29th and 30th September. Naomi is taking part as a responder on the 30th September.

Find out more about the festival and sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collisions-online-2020-shifting-perceptions-tues-29-sept-wed-30-sept-tickets-116015877613#

London Historians - History in the Pub, 29th September

Naomi will be giving a talk about actress-manager and Actresses' Franchise League member Gertrude Kingston at this virtual History in the Pub event.

For more info and to book, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-history-in-the-pub-london-entertainers-tickets-120962376725#

Museums Showoff online, 22nd September

The third online Museums Showoff is happening on the 22nd September and Naomi is delighted to be MCing - details can be found here: https://gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/

Reading Seven - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 15th September

We read "The Parrot Cage" by Mary Shaw (1914) and "An Allegory" by Vera Wentworth (1911)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Six - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 8th September

We read "Her Will" by Christopher St John (1914) and "At the Gates" by Alice Chapin (1909)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Five - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 25th August

We read "Honour Thy Father" by H.M. Harwood (1912) and "Criminals" by George Middleton (1915)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Four - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 18th August

We read "The Reforming of Augustus" by Irene Rutherford McLeod (1910) and "In the Workhouse" by Margaret Wynne Nevinson (1911)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

World's Worst Speech - Naomi on Worst Foot Forward podcast, 17th August

Naomi is a guest on the Worst Foot Forward podcast, and will be talking with the hosts about her research and her suggestion for the World's Worst Speech.

To listen - click on the link: https://worstfootforward.libsyn.com/ep-176-naomi-paxton-worlds-worst-speech

Reading Three - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 11th August

We read "Jack and Jill and a Friend" by Cicely Hamilton (1911), and "Votes for Children" by Ernest Hutchinson (1913)

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Reading Two - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 4th August

We read "A Woman's Influence" by Gertrude Jennings, and "Might is Right" by Netta Syrett. Both were first performed in 1909.

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Ada Campe MCing event for Primadonna Festival, 31st July

Naomi is delighted to be taking part in the Virtual Primadonna Festival -
as Ada Campe she is MCing a special comedy event called "Make Sioned Laugh" in which new comedians will have 3 minutes each to impress Sioned William, comedy commissioner at BBC Radio 4, and Lynne Parker, the founder of Funny Women.

The event will be livestreamed on the Primadonna Festival Facebook page and you can watch it here:
https://www.facebook.com/primadonnafestival/videos/3179842798776050/?v=3179842798776050

Reading One - Suffrage plays on Zoom, 27th July

Naomi has started a Suffrage plays reading group on Facebook for those who are interested in reading and listening to lesser known suffrage plays. The first reading will take place on 27th July on Zoom, with readings of "An Anti-Suffrage Monologue" by Marie Jenney Howe (1913) arranged for six voices, and "Home Again" by Cicely Hamilton (1910).

To see the recording of the session and join us for future sessions, join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3248518365230637/

Museums Showoff online show, 14th July

In The Wings UK Instagram live, 29th June

Naomi will be a guest on the In The Wings UK Instagram live on the 29th June.

To watch live , or watch back click here: https://www.instagram.com/inthewingsuk/

The Art of Protest - Naomi on Up Yer Arts podcast, 29th June

Naomi is the guest on the Up Yer Arts podcast on the 29th June and will be talking about her research, as well as about performing.

To listen - click on the link: anchor.fm/upyerarts/episodes/Naomi-Paxton---The-Art-of-Protest-eg30cd

British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase, 19th June

Naomi is taking part in the British Academy's Virtual Summer Showcase event on Friday 19th June.
In the morning she's giving a short talk entitled What can you do with a degree in drama and then from 6-6.10pm she'll be giving a presentation called Doing culture at home.

For more about the full showcase programme and how to watch, click here:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-virtual-summer-showcase/friday-programme/

Naomi presents Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3, 4th June

Naomi is presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 at 10pm on the 4th June.
The programme is entitled 'Tackling Modern Slavery' and is about two research projects looking at the impact of the 2015 Modern Slavery Act.

You can find about more and listen or listen again here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jnmc

Beyond the Ballot course on FutureLearn, 1st June

Beyond the Ballot: Women's Rights and Suffrage from 1866 to Today is a free online course by the UK Parliament and Royal Holloway, University of London, and available on the FutureLearn platform. Naomi is one of the expert speakers, talking about the performative propaganda of the suffrage movement and the suffrage campaign during World War One.

It is free to do and starts on the 1st June - for more info click here

Museums Showoff online show, 19th May

Naomi hosted the first ever Museums Showoff online show - and you can watch it via the link below:

Public speaking training online for University of London, 7th May

Naomi is delighted to be running another Public Speaking workshop session as part of the Research Training organised by the
School of Advanced Study, University of London, for PhD researchers across the University.

This time it is online - and more details are here

Special edition Votes for Women stamps by Buckingham Covers

Buckingham Covers have released a new set of special Votes for Women stamps - and you can buy some signed by Naomi!

Click here for more details

Stand Up at the V&A: International Women's Day, 6th March

Naomi will be MCing Stand Up at the V&A on the 6th March.

For more info and to book, click here

Different Stages showcase, Birmingham, 3rd March

Naomi is MCing this event at Birmingham and Midland Institute from 6.30pm-8pm highlighting examples of
interesting and exciting work being done in and with theatre and performance by academics and practitioners based in the Midlands
All are welcome and tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

Click here to find out more and to book your free tickets

Different Stages workshop, Birmingham, 3rd March

The final workshop in Naomi's Different Stages project for Drama and Theatre PhDs and ECRs is happening at Birmingham and Midland Institute on the 3rd March.

Click here to find out more

V&A/RCA Research Seminar, 2nd March

*Due to the UCU strikes this event has been postponed*

On the 2nd March Naomi is giving a talk entitled New Ways, New Stories: Votes for Women and the Edwardian Stage as part of the V&A/RCA History of Design Research Seminar Series. The talk is free to attend and will be in the Darwin Building at RCA Kensington.

Knowledge Exchange and Creative Industries seminar, Bristol, 19th February

Naomi will be chairing a discussion with Dr Paul Clarke (Bristol University/Bristol & Bath Creative R&D Digital lacemaking Fellow) and Dr Sharon Clark (Bath Spa/Raucous Theatre) at the University of Bristol on the 2nd March.

Click here to find out more

Techne conference, University of Surrey, 27th January

Naomi is running a session at the Techne conference called “Going from Doctorate to ECR – Public Engagement and Your PhD Research”. More info about the conference here

Museums Showoff, 21st January

Naomi is MCing the always brilliant Museums Showoff again!

Click here to find out more

Different Stages showcase, Glasgow Women's Library, 16th January

Naomi is MCing this event at the Glasgow Women's Library on the 16th January from 5.45pm-7pm which will highlight examples of
interesting and exciting work being done in and with theatre and performance by academics and practitioners based in Scotland.
All are welcome and tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

Click here for more info and to book!

Different Stages Glasgow workshop, 16th January

The next workshop in Naomi's Different Stages project for Drama and Theatre PhDs and ECRs is happening at Glasgow Women's Library on the 16th January.

Click here to find out more

Naomi presenting Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3, 14th January

Naomi is thrilled to be presenting Free Thinking again on BBC Radio 3 - and the programme is all about why we read, and the idea of the 'woman writer'

Click here for more info or to listen again

Focus People podcast, 29th December

Naomi was one of the guests on comedian David Mills' Focus People podcast - talking about her research and about Ada Campe.

You can listen here

Naomi on the Today programme, BBC Radio 4, 26th December

Naomi was invited onto the Today programme on Boxing Day morning to talk to Grayson Perry and Christopher Biggins about pantomime and gender. You can listen to the broadcast here - the item is right at the end of the programme.

Stand Up at the V&A, 13th December

Naomi is really pleased to be MCing Stand Up at the V&A again - and the line up for this show celebrating the life of comedy writer and broadcaster Dennis Norden features Sooz Kempner and Anuvab Pal, and Andy Hamilton headlining.

Click here for more info and tickets

Being Human Festival - Different Stages: Discoveries and Secrets, 20th November

Naomi is MCing this Being Human Festival event at the Museum of Comedy which will highlight examples of
interesting and exciting work being done in and with theatre and performance by academics and practitioners.
All are welcome and tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

Click here for more info and to book tickets

Different Stages London workshop, 20th November

The third workshop in Naomi's Different Stages project is happening at the Actors' Temple on the 20th November.

Click here to find out more

Museums Showoff, 19th November

Naomi is thrilled to be MCing the always fascinating and fun Museums Showoff!

Click here for info about the line up and to book tickets

Naomi presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3, 14th November

Naomi is delighted to be presenting Free Thinking on BBC Radio 3 again. This edition is entitled Being Human: Love Stories and features researchers speaking about seventeenth century women writers, Renaissance dreamscapes, 1920s gay dating ads, and much more!

Click here to listen or listen again

Naomi MCing Being Human Festival launch, 14th November

Naomi will be MCing the launch event of the Being Human Festival on the 14th November.
It's at the Foundling Museum and it's free to attend - click here for more info and to book

Ada Campe at the Bristol Old Vic, 21st October

Ada Campe is performing at the launch of the second volume of The Women Who Built Bristol, which is happening in Coopers Hall at Bristol Old Vic on the 21st October.

Naomi has also contributed to this book, as well as having written entries for the first volume.

For tickets and more info, click here

In Conversation: Behind the Scenes, 18th October

Naomi will be on the panel for this In Conversation: Behind the Scenes evening event at the Foundling Museum
which looks at the history of backstage work and theatrical effects.

Click here to find out more

Naomi presents Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3, 26th September

Naomi is delighted to be presenting another Free Thinking programme - entitled Myth-making and Caryl Churchill -
on BBC Radio 3 at 10pm on the 26th September.

Click here to find out more

Sunday Feature: Judy Punches Up, BBC Radio 3, 22nd September

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Sunday Feature Judy Punches Up on 22nd September
which is all about how Punch and Judy shows were used by the Votes for Women movement. The programme will include interviews with historian Dr Claire Eustance and Punch and Judy performer Professor Diamond, aka Peter Barratt.

Click here to find out more

Naomi MCs Museums Showoff, 17th September

Naomi is delighted to be MCing Museums Showoff again -
it's a brilliant open-mic night for museums professionals, held at The Phoenix pub near Oxford Circus.

Click here for more details about who is speaking and how to get tickets

Naomi wins TaPRA Early Career Research Prize, 4th September

Naomi is thrilled to announce that she has won the TaPRA Early Career Research Prize for her work on suffrage theatre and the Actresses' Franchise League.

Read more here

Naomi and Ada Campe at the Primadonna Festival, 30th-31st August

30th August - 1st September sees the first Primadonna Festival and both Naomi and Ada Campe are taking part in it!

Ada Campe will be doing a cabaret show at 9pm on the Pettafiesta Stage on Friday 30th,
Naomi will be on a panel about how men write female characters at noon on the Moat Stage on Saturday 31st,
Ada Campe will be doing a family cabaret show at 5pm on the Pettafiesta Stage on Saturday 31st.

For more information about the Primadonna Festival, click here

Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Naomi is taking her comedy character Ada Campe to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck runs every day at 2.50pm at The Stand's New Town Theatre (Venue 7) from the 3rd-25th August.
For more info and to book - click here

Different Stages Bristol workshop and showcase, 25th July

Naomi is running the second of her Different Stages workshops on the 25th July.
This will be followed by a public showcase. For more info click here

Naomi chairs BBC Radio 3 Proms Plus event, 23rd July

Naomi will be chairing a discussion about music and therapy on 23rd July as part of BBC Radio 3's Proms Plus events.
The discussion will be held at Imperial College Union, and broadcast later that evening. Tickets are available for the discussion.

Click here to find out more

Naomi presents BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, 26th June

Naomi is thrilled to be presenting BBC Radio 3's Arts and Ideas programme Free Thinking on the 26th June.

Click here to find out more

Anti-Suffrage Waxworks at the British Academy Summer Showcase, 21st June

Naomi is delighted to be presenting her version of the Anti-Suffrage Waxworks - as published in The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage - at the British Academy Summer Showcase Friday Late on the 21st June.

Find out more about the event here

Different Stages first workshop, Manchester, 19th June

The first workshop in Naomi's Different Stages project is happening at The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre in Chorlton,
Manchester, on the 19th June. For more info about the project, click here

Time Traveller: The Ventilator, BBC Radio 3, 10th June

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics on the 10th June is about The Ventilator in the House of Commons.
You can hear it here - it starts 1hr 12 minutes into the programme

New Ada Campe showreel!

The show Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck is on every day from the 3rd-25th August (not 13th) at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Click here for more info and to book

Time Traveller: Victorian Live Streaming, BBC Radio 3, 4th June

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on the 4th June is about the Electrophone.
You can listen here - it starts approximately 1hr and 10 minutes into the programme.

Time Traveller: Mary and Frances, BBC Radio 3, 27th May

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on the 27th May is about the love letters Mary II wrote to Frances Apsley. You can hear it here - it starts 1hr and 13 minutes into the programme

Time Traveller: Mrs Salmon's Waxworks, BBC Radio 3, 23rd May

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on the 23rd May is all about an eighteenth century waxwork exhibition. You can hear it here - starts 1hr 9 minutes and 40 seconds into the programme!

Naomi presents Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3, 22nd May

Naomi is presenting BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking on the 22nd May.
The topics are Stanley Spencer, domestic workers, and surrogacy.
You can listen or listen again here

Museums Showoff, 21st May

Click here for more info about the line-up and to get tickets

Escaping the Doll's House conference, LSE, 17th May

Naomi is giving a presentation about 'Theatrical Suffragists and the First World War' for a one day conference at LSE Library entitled Escaping the Doll's House: Women, the Arts, War and Work 1910-1920.

Click here to find out more

Naomi at Seeing is Believing, Wellcome Collection, 10th May

Naomi is performing as Ada Campe at the special Friday Late 'Seeing is Believing' event at the Wellcome Collection on the 10th May,
and also doing a Q&A as herself.

For more info click here

Naomi on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, 9th May

Naomi will be a guest on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme to talk about her experience of being a magician's assistant.

Click here to listen or listen again

Central Research@Work, 8th May

Naomi is giving a work-in-progress paper at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama's Research@Central event.

Click here for more info

Time Traveller: the Women Voters' Hymn, BBC Radio 3, 8th May

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics on Tuesday 8th May is about the suffragist history of Hubert Parry's Jerusalem aka the Women Voters' Hymn.

You can hear it here - starts 1hr 11 minutes into the programme

Stand up at the V&A, 3rd May

Naomi is MCing Stand Up at the V&A as part of the 2019 V&A Performance Festival. The line up includes Shazia Mirza and Harriet Braine.

Click here for more info and tickets

Actresses' Franchise League talk at the University of Brighton, 1st May

Suffrage and the Stage: Sex play reading, 24th April

Naomi will be introducing an evening of suffrage play readings by MA acting students at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
themed around sex, sex education, and sex trafficking.

Click here to book tickets

Naomi in 'Mrs Noah', a play for Extinction Rebellion, 15th April

Naomi is playing Mrs Noah in 'Mrs Noah', a new comedy by April de Angelis written especially for climate change protest organisation Extinction Rebellion.

The play will be performed in Parliament Square at 6pm on 15th April as part of the Extinction Rebellion takeover.

For more info - click here

Suffrage Punch and Judy chapter published, 15th April

Naomi has written a chapter Suffragette Judy: Punch and Judy at Suffrage Fairs and Exhibitions in Edwardian London for a new book about women and puppetry, which is being published by Routledge on the 15th April.
Click here for more info

Naomi chairing Q&A with Emilia playwright, LSE, 20th March

Naomi is delighted to be chairing a Q&A with playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm about her play Emilia.
The event is part of the Women's Library at LSE Women at Work season to mark the passing of the Sex Disqualification Act of 1919.

For more info and to reserve your place click here

Museums Showoff, 19th March

Click here for more info about the line up and for tickets

A Suffragette legacy: Kitty Marion, Museum of London, 16th March

Naomi is reading extracts from Kitty Marion's autobiography at this event.
For more info and tickets click here

Naomi speaking at Tomorrow's Great Pageant launch, 2nd February

Naomi will be speaking at the launch of Tomorrow's Great Pageant, a project by Post-Workers Theatre and Bedford Creative Arts that is reimagining Cicely Hamilton's 1909 suffrage play A Pageant of Great Women for a 21st century LGBTQ+ and non-binary context.

The event is at The Place in Bedford, from 4pm-7pm on the 2nd February.

You can find out more and book your free tickets here

Naomi giving a talk at the Royal Academy of Music, 23rd January

Naomi will be talking about the Actresses' Franchise League, and highlighting the work of the composers and musicians within it, in the Piano Gallery at the Royal Academy of Music on Wednesday 23rd January.

The talk is part of the RAM's Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the Academy season.

For tickets and more details click here

Museums Showoff, 22nd January

The first Museums Showoff of 2019 is happening at the Phoenix pub near Oxford Circus on Tuesday 22nd January!

For more info and tickets click here

Dramatic Progress exhibition, National Theatre

My exhibition at the National Theatre is running until the 26th January 2019 - it's free and is open whenever the main building is open.

To find out more, click here

Naomi on Radio DIVA Christmas show, 18th December

Naomi will be part of a live round up of the best bits of 2018 on Radio DIVA on the 18th December.

You can listen again here

Naomi MCing Stand Up for Suffrage, LSE, 14th December

I'm excited to be MCing this fantastic event - more info and tickets here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-for-suffrage-tickets-52661441790

Suffra-Greats! card game now available to buy

I've collaborated with Clavis and Claustra to create a new card game that celebrates the lives and achievements of 30 suffrage campaigners. Suffra-Greats! was played for the first time at the National Theatre's Courage Everywhere pop up event and is now available to be bought online and in selected shops.

Buy your pack here: www.clavisandclaustra.co.uk/suffragette

Read my blog post about them here

Museums Showoff, 20th November

Naomi is MCing this fantastic event again!
For more info and to book tickets, click here

Courage Everywhere pop-up day, National Theatre, 18th November

On Sunday 18th November the National Theatre is hosting an afternoon of events, talks, readings and workshops for their Courage Everywhere season. Naomi will be chairing a panel, and getting involved in lots of exciting things!

For more info and to book tickets go to: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/courage-everywhere-pop-up

Exhibition insights, National Theatre, 17th November

Join Naomi at the National Theatre on the morning of the 17th November for a curator's tour of the Dramatic Progress exhibition.

More info and tickets here

Activism in the Archives talk, National Theatre, 15th November

As part of the National Theatre's Courage Everywhere season, on 15th November Naomi is giving a talk about researching suffrage theatre. This will be followed by a book signing of her second edited collection The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays.

For more info and to book, click here

Naomi MCing Being Human Festival 2018 launch, 13th November

The 2018 Being Human Festival is launching with a showcase event at Senate House in London on 13th November. Naomi is MCing it, and it's free to attend, although tickets must be booked in advance.

Click here for more info and to book

Naomi on Great War Debate panel, 7th November

Naomi is taking part in another Great War Debate event. This one is at the London Nautical School and will be focused on discussions of the commemoration of the First World War.

Naomi on Radio DIVA, 6th November

Naomi is talking about exhibitions, suffrage, and WW1 on Radio DIVA, which is broadcast on Resonance FM.

You can listen again to it here

What Difference Did the War Make? exhibition on display, 1-10 November

The What Difference Did the War Make? exhibition is going on display in Westminster Hall from 1st-10th November. It is free to visit, but do be aware that Parliament has airport style security.

For more info about the exhibition, click here. For more info about visiting Parliament, click here

Naomi on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 31st October

Naomi will be talking about suffrage Punch and Judy shows and her exhibition at the National Theatre on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on Wednesday 31st October at 10pm. Find out more, listen, or listen again here

Naomi speaking at Alice Hawkins exhibition opening, Leicester, 26th October

Naomi is delighted to have been asked to speak at the opening event of a new exhibition in Leicester's New Walk Museum about suffrage campaigner Alice Hawkins. For more info about the exhibition, click here

AFL walk and Equalitea event, London, 26th October

On the afternoon of the 26th October Naomi is leading an Actresses' Franchise League walk around the West End for Equity Women's Committee. The walk will be followed by a reading of a short comedy play written for the AFL in 1915 and then there will be an Equalitea event!

For more info and to book, click here

What Difference Did the War Make? talk, National Trust Standen, 25th October

Naomi will be giving a talk about World War One and Votes for Women
at the National Trust property Standen in West Sussex, on the 25th October. For more details and to book, click here

Dramatic Progress exhibition opens, National Theatre, 22nd October

The Road Behind, The Road Ahead, Oxford, 11th October

Naomi is delighted to be speaking in a post-show panel for this event, which is part of
The Theatre Chipping Norton's exploration of the suffrage movement.
Click here for more info and to book

Fights Like A Girl, Bristol Women's Voice, 10th October

Naomi will be giving a talk about suffrage ju-jitsu and the performative violence of Votes for Women at the Bristol Women's Voice AGM.

Tickets are free, but must be reserved. Click here for more info

Herlarious - comedy and confidence for creatives, London, 9th October

Naomi is delighted to be chairing a panel for this event,
which has been put together by Funny Women.

Click here for more info

Naomi speaking at Women in Humanities conference, Oxford, 4th October

Naomi is giving a paper entitled Lapboard Ladies: suffrage on the New York subway at the Women's Suffrage and Beyond: Local, National and International Contexts conference at Oxford University.

Click here for details about the conference

Naomi joins CSSD as Knowledge Exchange Fellow, 1st October

Naomi is delighted to be joining the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, as Knowledge Exchange Fellow.

Naomi speaking at Bungalow Cafe Festival, Southampton, 22nd September

Naomi will be speaking about the Actresses' Franchise League for the Bungalow Cafe Festival on 22nd September.

For more info and to book, click here

Museums Showoff, 18th September

Naomi is MCing the fantastic Museums Showoff again!
It's an open mic night for museums professionals, and will happen downstairs at the Phoenix pub, near Oxford Circus, on Tuesday 18th September. For more info about the line-up and to get tickets click here

Time Traveller: Lapboard Ladies, BBC Radio 3, 13th September

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Thursday 13th September explores
the site specific suffrage campaigning of the Lapboard Ladies in New York City in 1915.

You can listen to it here - it starts 1hr and 9 minutes into the programme

Preach like Pankhurst, East End Women's Museum, 6th September

Naomi is running an activism public speaking event for East End Women's Museum on Thursday 6th September at 7pm.
It is free to attend and will be at the Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives in East London.

For more info, click here

Naomi at the Women's History Network Conference, Portsmouth, 31st August

Naomi is giving a paper entitled Very much alive and kicking: the Actresses' Franchise League from 1914-1928 at the Women's History Network conference, which is being held this year at the University of Portsmouth from the 31st August to the 1st September.

Ada Campe at Museum After Hours: Friday Fringe Takeover,
National Museum of Scotland, 17th August

Time Traveller: the "Moto-Girl", BBC Radio 3, 15th August

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Wednesday 15th August explores the strange story
of the "Moto-Girl"... a automata illusion from the early twentieth century.

You can here it here: it starts 1hr 13 minutes into the programme

Time Traveller: The Shakespeare Hut, BBC Radio 3, 7th August

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Tuesday 7th August is all about the Shakespeare Hut,
the YMCA 'home from home' for ANZAC soldiers in London during WW1.

You can hear it here - it's 1hr 11 minutes into the programme

Ada Campe on The Scotsman's facebook live, 6th August

Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2-26th August

Naomi will be in Edinburgh for the month of August performing as Ada Campe in the show Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck!
It's on every day from the 2nd to the 26th August (except 14th) at 2.50pm at The Stand's New Town Theatre on George Street.

Click here for more info and tickets

Time Traveller: WW1 toys, BBC Radio 3, 30th July

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Monday 30th July is about WW1 toys.
You can hear it here - it starts 1hr and 18 minutes into the programme

Time Traveller: A Victorian Drama School by the sea, BBC Radio 3, 25th July

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Wednesday 25th July is about Sarah Thorne's work at the Theatre Royal, Margate. You can hear it live or listen again after the broadcast here - it's about 1hr 10 minutes into the programme.

Naomi interviewed about her first job, The Stage, 24th July

Naomi talked to The Stage about her first professional acting job as an angel in Deborah Warner's The Tower Project for LIFT 99.

You can read the piece here

Museums Showoff, 17th July

Naomi is MCing the fantastic Museums Showoff again! It's at the Phoenix pub, near Oxford Circus, on Tuesday 17th July.
For more info about the line-up and to get tickets, click here

Time Traveller: WW1 spiritualism, BBC Radio 3, 16th July

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Monday 16th July is about families attempting to contact their lost soldier sons during WW1.

You can hear it here - it's 1 hr 11 minutes into the programme

Time Traveller: War Toys, BBC Radio 3, 13th July

Naomi's Time Traveller piece for BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Friday 13th July is about the Women's Emergency Corps toy factories
during WW1. You can listen to it here - it's 1hr 10 minutes into the programme

Naomi speaking at the Rights for Women opening, Senate House Library, 12th July

Naomi is delighted to be speaking at the opening of the new exhibition at Senate House Library -
Rights for Women, London pioneers in their own words', and to have contributed to the exhibition.
More info here

Naomi speaking at Society of Theatre Research New Researchers' Network Symposium, 8th July

Naomi is giving the keynote address for the Practising Research; Researching Practice symposium, being held at King's College, London
More info here

Naomi speaking at Social Lites WI, Manchester, 4th July

Naomi chairing a Fearless Feminists forum for the Rada Festival 2018, 4th July

Naomi chairing a panel about Suffrage Centenaries, King's College London, 4th July

Naomi nominated in the Parliamentary Diversity and Inclusion Awards, 26th June

Naomi speaking at British Association for Victorian Studies Career Day, 18th June

Naomi is giving the keynote address at a one day conference run by the British Association of Victorian Studies.
For more information, click here

Naomi at London South Bank University, 16th June

Naomi is giving a lunchtime performance at a conference at London South Bank University called
1918-2018: 100 Years of the Women's Vote in Britain: How Far Have We Come? For more info click here

Time Traveller: Colour Therapy, BBC Radio 3, 14th June

Naomi's Time Traveller piece on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Thursday 14th June is all about attempts to use colour as part of the
rehabilitation of shell-shocked service personnel during WW1. You can listen to it here

Naomi at Women's Voices in Parliament event, QMUL, 13th June

Naomi is taking part in a mini symposium in the Octagon at Queen Mary University of London from 5-7pm on the 13th June.
Tickets are free but must be reserved - click here for more details and to book

Naomi speaking at Feminist and Gender studies seminar, CSSD, 11th June

Naomi is delighted to be taking part in a day long Feminist at Gender Studies event, at the invitation of Professor Anna Birch.

Naomi's Time Traveller piece on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week, 10th June

Naomi's recent piece about Yorkshire magician Charles Morritt has been selected for
BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week programme.

You can listen to it by clicking here

Naomi giving a talk at Smallhythe Place, 9th June

Naomi is giving a talk entitled Performing Suffrage: Theatre, actresses and activism
at Smallhythe Place in Kent, on Saturday 9th June from 5.30-6.30pm

Click here for more information and to book tickets

Time Traveller: Hidden in Plain Sight, BBC Radio 3, 6th June

Naomi's piece for BBC Radio 3's Time Traveller is all about a disappearing elephant...

You can listen again here - it's 1hr 10 minutes in

Naomi speaking at the Festival of History, Royal Holloway, 3rd June

Naomi will be speaking about the Actresses' Franchise League at the Festival of History, run by the Citizens 800 project at Royal Holloway.

Click here for more details about the event

Ada Campe at the Underbelly Festival, South Bank, 30th May

Ada Campe will be performing in Variety Club 4 Kids on 30th May
as part of the Underbelly Festival on the Southbank.

Click here for more info and to book tickets!

Time Traveller: the Baddeley Cake, BBC Radio 3, 30th May

Naomi will be talking about London's oldest living theatrical tradition
- The Baddeley Cake at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane -
in the Time Traveller slot at 10.10am during BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics on Wednesday 30th Mary.
Click here to listen again

Naomi speaking at the People's Palace Museum, Glasgow, 26-7th May

Naomi is delighted to be speaking at a conference in Glasgow celebrating the centenary of the granting of the partial franchise to women.
She'll be speaking at the People's Palace Museum on both teh 26th and 27th May.

For more information about the event, click here

Time Traveller: Ella Kew Shun, BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics, 25th May

Click here to listen again

Naomi speaking at Glamorgan Archives, 24th May

Naomi is giving a talk about the suffrage campaign and WW1 as part of an
afternoon event called 'Women, Parliament and the 1st World War'
at Glamorgan Archives on 24th May.

For more info, click here

Naomi as Gothic Storyteller for Living Frankenstein, 23rd May

Naomi is going to be one of the performers in the latest Living Literature event at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
To find out more about Living Frankenstein and to book tickets, click here

Naomi MCing Museums Showoff, 22nd May

The fantastic Museums Showoff returns on the 22nd May at the Phoenix pub near Oxford Circus!
For more information about tickets and the line-up, click here

Naomi and Ada at The Bath Festival 2018, 20th May

Naomi is taking part in a panel discussion called 'Meet the Suffragettes' as part of the Bath Festival on 20th May.
Other panellists include Helen Pankhurst and Diane Atkinson.
Click here for more info and to get tickets

In the evening, Ada Campe will be MCing the Funny Women Gala Comedy Night!
Click here to get tickets

Naomi on The Week in Parliament, BBC Parliament, 18th May

Naomi was interviewed about the Actresses' Franchise League for BBC Parliament -
you can see the broadcast here (starts 23 minutes in) : https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b3jvn6/the-week-in-parliament-18052018

Naomi at Suffrage 100: Archives at Night, National Archives, 18th May

Naomi is thrilled to be taking part in a very special event at the
National Archives on the 18th May - she's giving a talk entitled
Throwing like a girl: ju-jitsu and the performance of violence in the Votes for Women campaign.

Click here for more details and how to book

Naomi at Suffrage: more than purple, green and white, 16th May

Naomi will be speaking about the Actresses' Franchise League at an event in Parliament on the 16th May.

For more information and tickets, click here

Naomi at the Arthouse for 'The Suffragette', 13th May

Naomi will be speaking at a screening of 1913 silent film The Suffragette at The Arthouse in Crouch End, London.

For more information and tickets, click here

Naomi at the Barbican cinema, 22nd April

Naomi is delighted to be introducing a 1913 film made by and starring
German silent film star Asta Nielsen, The Suffragette, at the Barbican Cinema on 22nd April.

The event is part of the 'Nevertheless, She Persisted' season.

Click here for more info and for tickets

Naomi running a Public Speaking workshop, 28th March

Naomi is running a practical workshop about Public Speaking for PhD students and Early Career Researchers
at Senate House on 28th March.

Click here for more info

Ada Campe at What The Frock! Bristol, 27th March

Ada Campe is part of a fantastic line-up at the return of What The Frock! comedy night in Bristol.
The gig is a fundraiser for Bristol Women's Voice is part of a series of events throughout 2018 celebrating the centenary of (some) women finally receiving the vote.

To book tickets - click here

Naomi on Women in the Arts panel, 21st March

Naomi will be on a panel at Sheffield Hallam University Performance Lab discussing
Women and the Arts with theatre maker Rachael Walton and producer Katie Vine.
Dr Hayley Bradley will be chairing the event.

Click here to find out more and to reserve tickets

Naomi MCing Museums Showoff, 20th March

The second Museums Showoff of 2018 is happening downstairs at The Phoenix pub
near Oxford Circus, on Tuesday 20th March.

Click here for more info

Ada Campe compères at The Poodle Club, 16th March

Ada Campe will be compèring at South London's loveliest comedy club, the Poodle Club in Sydenham,
on Friday 16th March,

Click here for details

A special show of Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck, Amersham Arms, 14th March

Ada Campe and some of her friends will be performing at the Amersham Arms in New Cross, South East London,
at a fundraiser for the Women's Equality Party Lewisham Branch, on Wednesday 14th March.

Booking is essential! Click here for more info and tickets

Suffragette Dramas, BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival, 11th March

Tickets are sold out for a special event all about suffrage theatre that is
happening at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival on the
11th March at St Mary's Heritage Centre, Gateshead.

However you needn't miss out -
the event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 9pm on Sunday 11th March.
Click here to listen live or listen again

The Drama of the Suffrage Movement, People's History Museum, Manchester, 10th March

Naomi is taking part in a day long celebration of suffrage plays and performances
at the People's History Museum in Manchester on 10th March.
The event is part of the Wonder Woman 2018 festival.

Click here for more information and to book tickets

Naomi on Today in Parliament, BBC Radio 4, 9th March

Naomi talked about the What Difference Did the War Make? exhibition on Today in Parliament on BBC Radio 4.
It was broadcast as the final item in the programme and you can listen again here

Naomi on the panel for The Great War Debate, Cambridge, 7th March

Naomi will be back on the panel for another The Great War Debate event on 7th March.
The debate series is organised by the Department of Education and this one
will be held at Chesterton Community College, Cambridge.

Publication of The Women Who Built Bristol, 26th February

Naomi has contributed the biographies of two suffragettes to this new volume, which is being published in aid of Bristol Women's Voice on the 26th February by Tangent Books.

For more info and to get a copy - click here

Naomi on The Lost World of the Suffragettes, BBC World Service, 25th February

Naomi talks and sings about the popular songs of the Edwardian suffrage movement in The Lost World of the Suffragettes, which is being broadcast on the BBC World Service on Sunday 25th February.

Click here for more information and to listen again

Naomi celebrating Liza Lehmann as part of 30 on 30, BBC Radio 3, 22nd February

Naomi is part of 30 on 30, a celebration of female composers that BBC Radio 3 has put together for International Woman's Day 2018.
She will be talking about suffragist composer Liza Lehmann on the 22nd February.

Click here to listen to the item - it starts at 1 hr and 17 minutes into the programme

Naomi in Carry on Curating - Stand Up at the V&A, 16th February

Naomi is thrilled to be returning to the V&A for a Stand Up special all about suffrage!

Click here for more info and to book tickets

Naomi on Radio Diva, 13th February

Naomi was interviewed about her comedy character Ada Campe on Radio Diva on 13th February, and also talked about suffrage plays and performances.

You can listen again here (from about 16 minutes in)

Ada Campe wins New Act of the Year! Richmix London, 11th February

Exciting news! Ada Campe was chosen as 'Top of the Bill' in the 2018 New Act of the Year competition,
held by New Variety Lives at Richmix, London, on Sunday 11th February.

Naomi speaking about suffrage militancy, National Army Museum, 7th February

Naomi is delighted to be on the panel for
Does violence win rights? Militant suffrage and the vote
at the National Army Museum on the 7th February from 6.30pm-8pm

To find out more and book tickets, click here

Naomi interviewed on Dan Snow's History Hit podcast, 6th February

Naomi was interviewed by Dan Snow for a History Hit podcast episode called
'Naomi Paxton - the Suffragettes and the Actresses' Franchise League' which was released on the 6th February.

You can listen to it here

Time Traveller - suffrage stories on BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics, 5th-9th Feb

Naomi will be telling a different suffrage story every day from the 5th-9th February on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics in the 10.10am Time Traveller slot.

Click here to go to the Essential Classics site

'Beyond the Ballot' Royal Holloway and UK Parliament MOOC launches, 5th February

Naomi has contributed to the content of a new MOOC, developed by UK Parliament and Royal Holloway, University of London.
The online course, which is free to take on Future Learn, covers the campaign for votes for women and its impact on women's rights from 1866 to the present day.

For more information and to sign up for the course, click here

What Difference Did the War Make? event, Parliament, 30th January

The final project event of the What Difference Did the War Make? World War One and Votes for Women
is a round table discussion, which will take place at Parliament on 30th January.

For more information and to book tickets, click here

Naomi speaking about suffrage histories at Oxford University, 25th January

Naomi will be speaking on a panel about New Directions on Suffrage History on 25th January.
The event is part of the Women Gender and Culture seminar series at the University of Oxford.

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff, London, 23rd January

The first Museums Showoff of 2018 is happening on Tuesday 23rd January at
The Phoenix Pub, W1, and Naomi is excited to be MC-ing it again!

Line up to be announced soon - for more info click here

Naomi on BBC Radio 4's Making History, 9th January

Naomi will be speaking about the suffragettes and jiu jitsu in a piece for BBC Radio 4's Making History programme on the 9th January.

Click here for more information or to listen again

What Difference Did the War Make? exhibition, Parliament, January-March 2018

Naomi has designed and curated an exhibition about suffrage and the First World War
that will be displayed in Portcullis House atrium at Parliament from 12th January until the 29th March 2018.

Access to the exhibition is limited for non pass holders - but an online version is available here

Time Traveller: the First Woman on Ice, BBC Radio 3, 12th December

Naomi will be speaking about Florence Syers, the first woman to enter a World Figure Skating Championship,
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Tuesday 12th December.

Click here to listen again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j0rt4 approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Naomi speaking about Sylvia Pankhurst at the British Academy, 5th December

Naomi is delighted to be speaking as part of the
Thinkers for our time: Sylvia Pankhurst
event which is part of the British Academy's Revolutions series.

To find out more, click here

Time Traveller: the martial art of Sherlock Holmes, BBC Radio 3 'Essential Classics', 23rd November

Naomi will be speaking about Baritsu, the martial art of Sherlock Holmes
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Thursday 23rd November.

Click here to listen again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g5xcn approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Women and War: the West End and the Western Front, 22nd November

Naomi s thrilled to be working with feminist production hub Scary Little Girls again to produce a living literature walk for the Being Human Festival 2017.

Women and War: the West End and the Western Front will take place on the
22nd November. All tickets are free - but must be booked as numbers on each walk are strictly limited.

To find out more and book click here:
beinghumanfestival.org/event/women-war-west-end-western-front/

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff, 21st November

Naomi is MC-ing Museums Showoff again at the Phoenix Pub near Oxford Circus. Click the link below for information about who is speaking and how to get tickets:
https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/

Getting Selected - a landmark for women's rights, University of Lincoln, 17th November

The second public event from the 'What Difference Did the War Make? World War One and Votes for Women'
project is panel discussion on the topic of 'Getting Selected'.

For more information and to book your free ticket, click here

Naomi giving a talk at the University of Plymouth, 8th November

Naomi will be giving a talk entitled
'Total immersion: the performative propaganda of Votes for Women'
on the 8th November as part of the series of Performance. Experience. Presence talks at the University of Plymouth.

Time Traveller: A Tudor Labradoodle, BBC Radio 3 'Essential Classics', 2nd November

Naomi will be speaking about Parliament's Armada paintings
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Thursday 2nd November.

Click here to listen again: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c0r47 approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Naomi on the panel for The Great War Debate, 1st November

Naomi is delighted to be on the panel for The Great War Debate, organised by the
Department of Education and held at Graveney School in Tooting, London.

Ada Campe at Mat Ricardo's London Varieties, 28th October

Ada Campe on the bill for Mat Ricardo's London Varieties
at Leicester Square Theatre on Saturday 28th October!

You can read Mat's blog about it here: https://www.matricardo.com/blog/2017/10/31/big-day

Time Traveller: A Chance to Dance, BBC Radio 3 'Essential Classics', 27th October

Naomi will be speaking about Mary Neal and her Espérance Girls Club
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of 27th October.

Click here to listen again - go to approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Naomi on Radio DIVA, 24th October

Naomi will be speaking about the upcoming living literature walk 'Women and War: the West End and the Western Front' for the Being Human Festival 2017,
and discussing Sally Nicholls' new YA book about three young suffrage campaigners during WW1, 'Things A Bright Girl Can Do'.

To listen again: click here

Time Traveller: Upsetting the Apple Cart, BBC Radio 3 'Essential Classics', 24th October

Naomi will be speaking about the 1866 women's suffrage petition
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Tuesday 24th October.

Click here to listen again - go to approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Naomi speaking at London Historians event, 10th October

Naomi is delighted to be speaking about artist, storyteller and suffragist Pamela Colman Smith
at History in the Pub: London's Women of Note for the London Historians group.
It will be at The Sir Christopher Hatton pub on Leather Lane in the evening of Tuesday 10th October.

For more details about the line-up and to get tickets, click here

Time Traveller: Indecent Exposure of an Australian Mermaid, BBC Radio 3, 10th October

Naomi will be speaking about swimmer Annette Kellerman
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Tuesday 10th October.

Click here to listen again - go to approx 1 hr and ten minutes into the programme

Language, Gender and Politics, University of Plymouth, 6th October

The first public event from the 'What Difference Did the War Make? World War One and Votes for Women' project will include a keynote lecture about Nancy Astor, the first female MP to take her seat in the House of Commons, and a panel discussion on the topic of 'Language, Gender and Politics'.

For more information and to book your free ticket, click here

Time Traveller: the artist who saw pictures in music, BBC Radio 3, 27th September

Naomi will be speaking about artist, storyteller and suffragist Pamela Colman Smith
in an item called 'Time Traveller' as part of BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics programme
on the morning of Wednesday 27th September

Naomi's new book now available to pre-order!

Exciting news!

Naomi's new book about the Actresses' Franchise League is now available to pre-order on the Manchester University Press website, as well as on Amazon.co.uk.

The publication date is currently set to be May 2018

For more info, click here to be taken to the Manchester University Press website

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff, 19th September

Naomi is MC-ing Museums Showoff again at the Phoenix Pub near Oxford Circus. Click the link below for information about who is speaking and how to get tickets:
https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/

Naomi giving a talk at Parliament, 17th September

Naomi will be giving a short talk entitled
'Hearts and Minds, or Tactics and Tacticians? Parliament and the suffrage campaign during WW1' on the afternoon of the 17th September as part of the Parliament and the First World War Explored open day, organised by the History of Parliament Trust and the Parliamentary Archives.

Tickets are free, but must be reserved. For more info, click here

Naomi appears on The Daily Politics, BBC Two, 8th September

Naomi talked to reporter Elizabeth Glinka about the first statue of a woman in Parliament Square - you can see the clip here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05fhk8r

Naomi giving a talk at the National Archives, 5th September

Naomi will be giving a talk entitled 'Performing suffrage: Theatre, actresses and activism'
at the National Archives on the afternoon of the 5th September.

For more info and to reserve a free ticket, click here

Ada Campe at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August

Naomi is delighted to be taking her new show 'Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck' to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as part of PBH Free Fringe.

The show is playing from the 5th-27th August at 3pm every day (except Mondays) at CC Blooms, venue 171.

Ada Campe will also be MCing the Magic Faraway Cabaret every night at 10.50pm at the Voodoo Rooms.

Please do come and see Ada if you are up in Edinburgh!

Naomi giving a talk at Bishopsgate Institute, 26th July

The Bishopsgate Institute's 'London Talks' series aims to share the stories of the people who have lived and worked in the city, bring alive the different characteristics and areas of the capital, and demonstrate the diversity of the many histories of London.

I'm thrilled to be sharing my research there!

For more info and to book tickets, click here

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff, 18th July

Naomi will be MC-ing the July Museums Showoff - a funny and interesting night for all those who work in and visit museums.

It's downstairs at the Phoenix Pub near Oxford Circus - click here for more info about the line-up and tickets

Women's Equality Party Lewisham Branch Fundraiser, 28th June!

Ada Campe is MCing the first WEP Lewisham Branch comedy fundraiser - it's at the Amersham Arms in New Cross on 28th June.

There's a fantastic line up of fab female comics, including Rosie Wilby, Sajeela Kershi and Kate Smurthwaite.

Click here to book your tickets!

Ada Campe at The NINES, Peckham, 10th June

Ada Campe will be the compere for Rye Laughs Saturday Night Stand Up show at the NINES in Peckham on the 10th June.

For more info about the line up and to get tickets, click here

Naomi teaching Stand Up for Beginners workshop, 10th June

Naomi is delighted to be teaching a Stand Up for Beginners workshop as part of Rye Laughs Takeover at The NINES in Peckham.

To find out more and book a place, click here

Naomi MC-ing the opening night of the Brockley Max Festival, 2nd June

Naomi will be MC for the opening night of the 2017 Brockley Max Festival, which will feature live music from an eclectic mix of bands and performers.
For more info about the festival, click here

Ada Campe at Cabaret benefit - Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 1st June

Ada Campe is part of a fantastic line up for a Cabaret Benefit at
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club on 1st June.

Click here for more info and tickets

Impact and Public Engagement Workshop, London, 31st May

Naomi will be one of the presenters at a workshop for PhD students and early career researchers about Impact and Public Engagement.

The workshop is taking places at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, on the afternoon of the 31st May.

Click here for more info and to book a place

Naomi on post-show panel, Bristol Old Vic, 26th May

Bristol Old Vic are hosting a performance of Medea to an exclusively female audience on Friday 26th May.

Naomi will be on the post-performance discussion panel.
For more info, click here

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff, 23rd May

Naomi is thrilled to be MC-ing Museums Showoff again on 23rd May.

For more info and tickets, click here

Ada Campe at Club Sol Party - Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 19th May

Ada Campe will be on the bill for Club Sol Party at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club on Friday 19th May.

Click here for more info and tickets:
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/94872/chk/a1d0/

Ada Campe in Cress! - Croydon Cabaret Festival, 13th May

I'm very excited that Ada Campe will being doing her show Cress! on
13th May at 9pm at The Spread Eagle in Croydon.
It's one night only and as part of Croydon Cabaret Festival.

For more info and to book, click here

Naomi as MC for Living Proust and the Belle Epoque - 11th May

Naomi is delighted to be MC-ing for the latest in the Living Literature series by the School of Advanced Study, University of London - Living Proust and the Belle Epoque. For more info: click here

Naomi on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking - 25th April

Naomi will be on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking on Tuesday 22nd April at 10pm talking about the life and work of suffragist actress Florence Farr.

To listen or listen again, click here

Naomi hosting Stand Up at the V&A: Carry on Curating - 21st April

Naomi is delighted to be hosting a fab night of comedy at the V&A and a celebration of the new Tommy Cooper Collections. For more info and tickets, click here

Ada Campe in The Magic Flipper at The Pink Walrus - 31st March

Ada Campe will be appearing at The Pink Walrus in Forest Hill on the 31st March for The Magic Flipper - a fab night of cabaret and dancing.
For more info and to book tickets: http://www.outsavvy.com/event/484/the-pink-walrus-ticketshttp://www.outsavvy.com/event/484/the-pink-walrus-tickets

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff - 21st March

Naomi is delighted to be the MC for the March Museums Showoff!
To book tickets and find out who is performing, click here

Naomi speaking at 'What Next? Life After the PhD' - 11th February

Naomi will be speaking on a panel for the Society of Theatre Research New Researchers Network event 'What Next? Life After the PhD' at the University of Birmingham on 11th February. Find out more by clicking here

Naomi MC-ing Museums Showoff - 24th January

Naomi is delighted to be the MC for the first Museums Showoff of 2017! For more info, click here

Naomi on BBC Radio 4's Science Stories - 21st December

Naomi will be on BBC Radio 4's Science Stories on 21st December talking about Hertha Ayrton and her work on the electric arc

For more info and to listen, click here

Ada Campe at The Dead Parrot Society Christmas Cabaret - 7th December

Ada Campe will be appearing at Shambles Restaurant, Teddington, on 7th December for The Dead Parrot Society Christmas Cabaret!

For more info click here

Engage 2016, National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement - 30th November

Naomi collaborated with Amy Ryall from the University of Sheffield and Dr Michael Eades from the School of Advanced Study, University of London, to give a workshop entitled Public Engagement as Method at the NCCPE's Engage 2016 conference in Bristol.

Ada Campe at the Women's Equality Party Conference Party - 26th November

Ada Campe is appearing as part of a fantastic line up for the comedy night at the first
Women's Equality Party Conference in Manchester, on 26th November!

For more info and tickets click here

A Particular Theatre - Saturday 19th November

Booking is now open for A particular theatre - Shakespeare, suffragists and soldiers.

This is a living literature walk which Naomi is devising with Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson from the University of Brighton, and production hub Scary Little Girls, to celebrate the Shakespeare Hut. The walk is part of the Being Human Festival and takes places on Saturday 19th November.
For more information about the walk and about the Being Human Festival - click here

Book your free tickets here

A Particular Theatre on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking - 17th November

Naomi will be talking to Matthew Sweet about the Shakespeare Hut and the Actresses' Franchise League on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking on Thursday 17th November. The piece was recorded on location in Malet Street Gardens, Bloomsbury.

To listen again, click here

Ada Campe at Beckenham Comedy Cabaret - 30th September

Ada Campe is part of a fantastic line up for Beckenham Comedy Cabaret on the 30th September!

Hosted by Jody Kamali, the bill includes Olaf Falafel, Short and Curly, and Colin Hoult.

The night is sold out - but you can keep up with the news from Beckenham Comedy Cabaret here

Naomi speaking on panel at TaPRA, University of Bristol, 6th September

Naomi is delighted to have been asked to speak as part of a panel discussion entitled
Digital Media and the Future of Theatre and Performance Research
at the TaPRA conference.

For more information about TaPRA and to see the schedule for the conference, click here

Naomi rejoins the Being Human Festival team, 5th September

Having worked on the Being Human Festival Showcase event as part of her role as Cultural Engagement Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, from February to June this year, Naomi is delighted to be returning to SAS as the Being Human Festival London Hub Convenor.

Ada Campe on Edinburgh Festival Live - August 2016

Ada Campe at the Edinburgh Festival!

Ada Campe will be taking a full length show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
as part of PBH's Free Fringe!

The show is called Ada Campe in Cress! and will be on every day in August except Tuesdays - at 3pm in CC Blooms, which is venue 171.

For more info - click here - and I hope to see you there!

Being Human Showcase, Senate House, 27th June

As part of her job as Cultural Engagement Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Naomi has organised a showcase event celebrating some of the best bits of the 2015 Being Human Festival, the UK festival of the humanities. It runs from 1.30pm to 7.30pm on Monday 27th June and is going to be brilliant!
Tickets are free - you can find out more about who is speaking, exhibiting and performing
and reserve your ticket here

Ada Campe at Comedy of the Century, London, 21st June!

Ada Campe is thrilled to be part of a fab line up for Comedy of the Century on 21st June!

Click here for more info!

Naomi at the TECHNE Congress, 8th June

Naomi is speaking about her time as a New Generation Thinker at the Techne Congress: The Sound of Research on 8th June

Click here to find out more about the Congress

Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk is back! Saturday 28th May

Naomi and Scary Little Girls first co-produced Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk in April 2013.
The performances sold out and had fantastic reviews!

We're thrilled to be reviving the walk on Saturday 28th May - click here to find out more!

And click here to book tickets!

Naomi hosting Museums Showoff, 24th May

Naomi is thrilled to be MC-ing Museums Showoff again...
it's such a fun and fascinating gig with an eclectic mix of speakers.

Do check out the fantastic line up and get booking!

Naomi at the Neat Festival, Nottingham, 22nd May

Naomi will be taking part in 'Angry Young Women', a panel discussion on Sunday 22nd May at 6.30pm about women in theatre that is part of the 2016 Neat Festival at Nottingham Playhouse.

Director Susannah Tresilian is curating a programme of events, staged readings, Q&As, debates and workshops about European theatre that runs for two weeks in the NEAT Studio.

Click here to find out more and to book for the panel discussion

Verve Festival Platforms, Arts Theatre, London, 13th, 20th & 27th April

Naomi will be chairing three panel discussions with current performers, practitioners and theatre makers about theatre, feminism and representation as part of Custom/Practice's Verve Festival above the Arts Theatre in Covent Garden.

The discussions are on Wednesdays the 13th, 20th and 27th April
from 6-6.50pm. Tickets are £5.

Click here to find out more about who is speaking and to book tickets

Naomi's lecture at the Society of Theatre Research, London, 13th April

Naomi is thrilled to be giving a lecture entitled
Re-evaluating the Actresses' Franchise League: Suffrage Theatre, Networks and Activism
for the Society of Theatre Research.
It will be at 7.30pm at the Swedenborg Hall near Holborn, London, and entrance is free.

For more information click here: http://www.str.org.uk/news/latest/?p=1149

Naomi at the WOW Festival, Southbank Centre, 11th March

The What the Frock! Book of Funny Women is going to be on sale at the WOW festival on Friday 11th March -
do come along to the Southbank to pick up your copy for a bargain £5 and get it signed by some of the contributors!

Naomi will be wo-manning the stall in the morning so pop in and say hello!

Naomi on BBC Radio 4's Making History, 8th March

Naomi is going to be on BBC Radio 4's Making History programme on
Tuesday 8th March with a piece about women police during WW1.

The programme is broadcast at 3pm - for more info or to listen again, click here

Post-show talks for Lady Connie and the Suffragettes, Cambridge, 8th & 20th March

Naomi will be giving talks after performances of Lady Connie and the Suffragettes by Cambridge Devised Theatre -
on the 8th March at the Old Labs, Newnham College and on the 20th March at Cambridge Junction.

More info and booking details here:
http://www.cambridgedevisedtheatre.co.uk/connie.html

Naomi hosting Museums Showoff, London, 2nd February

Naomi is delighted to be the first guest MC for the February show of
Museums Showoff - a brilliant and eclectic open mic night featuring fascinating facts from museum professionals.

More details here: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/

Ada Campe at the Grouchy Club, 22nd December!

Ada Campe will be making an appearance at the Grouchy Club in London on 22nd December!
For more info click here

Ada Campe MC's Comedy Cottage! Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, 18th December

Ada Campe is MC-ing Comedy Cottage at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, Surrey, on 18th December!

There's a fantastic line-up - and the night is in aid of local charity Sal's Shoes.

Click here to find out more!

Guest blog about the New Generation Thinkers scheme for STR NRN network

Naomi has written a guest blog for the Society of Theatre Research New Researchers' Network about her experiences of being an AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker in 2014-15.

Click here to read it:
http://strnrn.org/2015/12/15/nrn-blog-thinking-aloud-the-ahrcbbc-radio-3-new-generation-thinkers-scheme/

Naomi talks about Poor Theatres on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, 9th December

Naomi spoke to Rana Mitter on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme about her current
research for the Poor Theatres project at the University of Manchester.

You can hear the programme here - an edit of the interview is played from 19 minutes in.

To find out more about Poor Theatres - click here

Naomi presenting Out in South London on Resonance FM, 8th December

Naomi is guest presenting the radio show 'Out in South London' on Tuesday 8th December.

She'll be talking to historian Devon Cox about his book 'The Street of Wonderful Possibilities,' hearing from writer Paul Daly about the 2015 RVT panto
'Charming Dick' and chatting to Sandra McCay about her memoir
'Oy Vey My Daughter's Gay.'
The show is broadcast live on Resonance FM from 6.30-7.30pm and available to listen again after broadcast via the Out in South London page.
Find out more here!

Ada Campe at the Comedy Cottage, 30th October!

Ada Campe will be appearing as part of the line up at Comedy Cottage at The Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, Surrey, on Friday 30th October. The event is in aid of the charity Mama Biashara.
Click here for more info!

Suffrage Comedies at the Conway Hall, 25th October

Women @ RADA are presenting rehearsed readings of two suffrage comedies, 'Pot and Kettle' and 'How The Vote Was Won' at the Conway Hall on Sunday 25th October as part of the Bloomsbury Festival.
Naomi will be doing a Q&A at 3pm.
All the events are free - more info here!

Ada Campe at the Feminism in London Conference Evening Party, 24th October!

Ada Campe's going to be performing as part of a fantastic line up for the
Feminism in London Conference Evening Party on 24th October!

Click here for more info!

Naomi on Out in South London, Resonance FM, 13th October

Naomi will be talking about the Lyric Hammersmith's production of 'Tipping the Velvet' on Rosie Wilby's radio show
Out in South London. The show will be broadcast live on Tuesday 13th October at 6.30pm on Resonance FM.

For more info about the show - click here

Naomi reviews "Suffragette" on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, 6th October

Naomi is reviewing the film "Suffragette" for BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on Tuesday 6th October.

Click here for more info, to listen live or to listen again after broadcast.

Bold, Brave and Bolshy - a talk at Oxford Playhouse, 18th September

Naomi is giving a talk about the Actresses' Franchise League on 18th September at Oxford Playhouse
as part of the Parliament 2015 'Festival of Freedoms' series of events.
The talk is free and begins at 5pm.
For more info and to book tickets - click here!

Ada Campe at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 29th August

Ada Campe will be appearing at the Club Sol Party End of Season Bash
at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club on Saturday 29th August.
Click here for more details!

Launch of the What The Frock! Book - Word Power Bookshop, Edinburgh, 15th August

Naomi will be part of the launch event of the What The Frock! Book of Funny Women
at Edinburgh's Word Power Bookshop on 15th August.
The event starts at 1pm - more info here!

Comedy Manifesto at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 13th August

Naomi will be a guest on Kate Smurthwaite's political panel show Comedy Manifesto on the 13th August.

The show starts at 3.50pm at Silk (venue 444)

Ada Campe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2015

Ada Campe will be appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for one day only!

Come and see her on the 13th August:

6.30pm - Bad Girls Showcase, Whistlebinkies (venue 158)

10.50pm - Magic Faraway Cabaret at the Voodoo Rooms Speakeasy (venue 68)

Midnight - Late With Kate at Canons' Gait (venue 78)

Comedy Manifesto at Croydon Comedy Festival, 23rd July

Naomi will be a guest on the political panel show Comedy Manifesto
on 23rd July at The Oval, Croydon.

For more info and tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/313361

Actress as Author Conference, Chawton House Library, 9th & 10th July

Naomi is delighted to be giving a paper entitled
"The advance guard" - European and American initiatives for a Woman's Theatre, 1896-1914
at the Actress as Author: Nell Gwyn to Ellen Terry Conference at Chawton House Library on 9th July.

Booth Centre and The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Manchester, 26th June & 3rd July

Naomi is taking part in The Imaginarium of Dr Booth, a show devised and developed at the Booth Centre in Manchester by Janine Waters, artistic director of the Edge Theatre and Arts Centre.
Naomi is participating in and documenting this work for the
Poor Theatres project at the University of Manchester.

STR New Researchers' Network Symposium, 19th June 2015

Naomi is giving a paper entitled
Standing Where She Stood: Is it possible to see the past in the present?
at the Society of Theatre Research's New Researchers' Network Symposium on 19th June.
The paper will reflect on the experience of creating and performing
Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk in 2013.

Lunchtime Lieder: Britten's The Heart of the Matter, Glasgow, 18th June 2015

Naomi will be part of a performance of Britten's The Heart of the Matter at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow at 1.10pm on 18th June. The performance is one of the Lunchtime Lieder events held by the Cottier Chamber Project.

For more information click here

In Conversation - Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, 18th June 2015

Naomi will be hosting a panel discussion about women in the arts as part of the
Cottier Chamber Project on 18th June.
It's in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, at 3pm and tickets are free.

Click here for more info

Ada Campe performing at What The Frock! Bristol, 12th June 2015

Ada Campe will be appearing at Bristol Improv Theatres for comedy night What The Frock! on June 12th. It's a very special show - the third birthday party of What The Frock! and the launch event for the What The Frock! Book of Funny Women.

Click here for more info and tickets!

Naomi will be live on Claire Cavanagh's show on BBC Radio Bristol on Friday 12th June
from 2pm talking about What The Frock!

Listen again to the interview here (from 14mins in until 34 mins in)

Naomi at Women at RADA 100 - 13th May 2015

Naomi will be taking part in a Q&A at RADA for their reading of two
suffrage plays as part of Women at RADA 100.
Click here for more info

The What The Frock! Book of Funny Women - published 11th May 2015

The What The Frock! Book of Funny Women is now available -
and I'm thrilled to have contributed a piece about suffragist playwright,
journalist and novelist Cicely Hamilton to the book.

Click here for more information and to purchase a copy

Comedy Manifesto - Hackney Picturehouse Attic - 8th May 2015

Naomi will be a guest on Kate Smurthwaite's Comedy Manifesto at
Hackney Picturehouse Attic on Friday 8th May.
Show starts at 8.30pm - come along for topical funnies and a great line up of comics!
For more info see Kate's website

Naomi on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking - 28th April 2015

Naomi will be on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme from 10pm on Tuesday 29th April
talking about suffrage theatre and Alice in Wonderland.
You can listen live or listen again by clicking here

BBC Arts film Votes for Women! Yours for a Penny! March 2015

My short film for BBC Arts about suffrage newspaper sellers is now available
to watch - click here!

Suffrage Stories at the Pankhurst Centre, 27th March

As part of the Wonder Woman Radical Manchester Festival 2015, Naomi will be performing at Suffrage Stories at the Pankhurst Centre on 27th March at 6pm.

She will be speaking about Edith Garrud and her 'jujitsuffragette' demonstrations - and demonstrating some of her moves! There will also be a screening of Clare Neylon's film about suffrage theatre, To Hear Her Voice (2013).

Click here to book tickets!

Naomi on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, 24th February

Naomi will be speaking about suffrage art and culture with artist Alinah Azadeh on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme on 24th February.

Click here to find out more and to listen again

Poor Theatres, an AHRC funded project at the University of Manchester

Naomi is currently working as a post-doctoral Research Associate for the AHRC funded project
Poor Theatres. Headed by Dr Jenny Hughes, the project explores the relationships between theatre, performance and poverty.

Click here to find out more

'The Beginnings of that Freedome' - Exhibition at Parliament

The picture on the left is of artist Alinah Azadeh's banner celebrating the founding of the NUWSS in 1897. It is currently on display in Westminster Hall as part of The Beginnings of that Freedome, a celebration of 800 years of Magna Carta, and will be exhibited, along with the work of eight other artists, until November 2015. The piece features an extract from Cicely Hamilton's play A Pageant of Great Women - and Naomi is thrilled to have been asked to contribute to Alinah's creative process.

Alinah has also created a second banner to celebrate the 1965 Race Relations Act.

Click here to find out more about the exhibition
Click here to find out more about Alinah
Click here to find out more about this piece

Ada Campe in Jingle Belles!

Ada Campe is back with the Scary Little Girls for a new show, Jingle Belles! This year she'll be delighting audiences in Norfolk and Mid Suffolk on the first two weekends of December
- find out more by clicking on her page here.

Naomi featured on the Z List Dead List podcast: Series 2, episode 2

Naomi talks about ju-jitsu suffragette Edith Garrud, the 1911 Census protests and suffrage swimming galas on this episode of the Z List Dead List podcast 'Of Mice and Policemen.'

Check it out here!

Naomi on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme, 12th November

Naomi's essay, A Theatre of Their Own, was recorded for the
Free Thinking Festival on 2nd November at the Sage Gateshead,
and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 12th November at 10.45pm.

Here's the link so you can listen again on iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nqtc8

You can also read the full transcript on my blog

Naomi at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival, 1-2 November

I'll be speaking at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival, which is being held at the Sage, Gateshead on 1st and 2nd November.

Click here for more details!

Halloween Storytelling - 31st October

Naomi will be telling spooky stories and singing spooky songs for Scary Little Girls' Halloween Storytelling event at Cornerstone Arts, Didcot, on 31st October.
Click here for more details and to book!

Naomi on BBC Radio 3 - 28th October

Naomi was on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking
programme on Tuesday 28th October, talking about the Women's Emergency Corps toy factories.

Click here to listen!

Ada Campe in Vagenda Magazine!

Ada Campe gets a mention as part of a fantastic line up of 'Brilliant Comedians' in Vagenda Magazine!

Click here to read the article

Naomi interviewed for History of Feminism Network

I took part in a brief interview about my research for the
History of Feminism Network's 60 Seconds With...
You can read it by clicking here!

Naomi champions ju-jitsuffragette Edith Garrud!

I'm thrilled to have won the 14th September Z List Dead List with ju-jitsuffragette Edith Garrud! Click below to see the highlights!

Ada Campe's message on Life Labs!

Ada Campe has recorded a message on
What the Frock! and Stand Up For Women's blogging platform, Life Labs.
Click here to see it!

Naomi at Z List Dead List - 14th September!

Naomi will be appearing in Z List Dead List on Sunday 14th September - the show is at the Camden Head and starts at 4.30pm.

Click here for more info and to book tickets!

Ada Campe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

Ada Campe will be appearing as a guest at two shows on the 14th August - first at 10.30pm for Isla Dogs Down the Dogs at CC Blooms and later at midnight for Late With Kate at Canon's Gait.

Click here for more info!

The First Actress - 5th & 9th August

Naomi will be playing the 'Actress of To-Day' in
two performances of Christopher St John's 1911 play
The First Actress.
The production is a collaboration between Palindrome Productions and the Department of Theatre at the Ohio State University.

The performances will be at Theatro Technis in Camden on 5th August at 7.30pm and at Smallhythe Place in Kent on the 9th August at 3pm.
There will be a post-show discussion on the 5th August.

Click here for more info!

Click here for tickets for the London show!

Naomi at the Latitude Festival - 18th July

Naomi will be with three of the other New Generation Thinkers - Preti Taneja, Tiffany Watt-Smith and Tom Charlton - and we'll be talking about our research in the Literary Arena on Friday 18th July at 4.45 pm.

Do come and say hello!

Click here for more info

Hear Naomi on BBC Radio 3 on 19th June

Naomi will be making her debut as a
New Generation Thinker on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking
programme on Thursday 19th June.

Click here for more info!

Naomi chosen as a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker for 2014

Naomi is thrilled to have been selected as one of the BBC's New Generation Thinkers for 2014 and excited about the possibilities for sharing her research on the radio.

Click here for more info!

Ada Campe at the Ignite Festival - 5th June!

Ada Campe will be appearing in
Joking for Justice: Kate Smurthwaite and friends
at the Ignite Festival in Exeter on the 5th June.

Joking for Justice is going to be at the Exeter Phoenix at 9pm
and is a benefit for Devon Rape Crisis.

Click here to find out more - and click here to book tickets!

New video trailer for Ada Campe!

Naomi in London Feminist Network's June Feminar

Naomi and Rebecca Mordan from Scary Little Girls
will be taking part in London Feminist Network's Feminar about Women and Theatre on the 7th June.

More details to follow soon!

Ada Campe at What The Frock!'s second birthday - May 16th!

Ada Campe will be appearing at the Mauretania in Bristol on 16th May for a very special
What The Frock! comedy night.

Also on the bill is the wonderful Cerys Nelmes and the fantastic Hatty Ashdown - and the brilliant Jayde Adams is headlining!

Click here to book tickets!

Naomi in "It's Your Round" - Cornerstone Arts, 25th April

Naomi is thrilled to be performing with
Scary Little Girls again - she'll be appearing as
"Pat Pinch" in their show "It's Your Round" at Cornerstone Arts in Didcot.

Click here to find out more!

Ada Campe in After Dark at the Magic Theatre - 23, 24, 26 April!

Ada Campe will be appearing at Baron's Court Theatre for the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday performances of
"After Dark at the Magic Theatre"

Presented by False Impressions - the show features comedy and magic for ages 14 and over

Click here to find out more!

Actresses' Franchise League West End Walk

Naomi is thrilled to be leading an
Actresses' Franchise League West End Walk in April for the TaPRA History and Historiography working group.

If you'd like to find out more about AFL walks - click here

Third #100theatrewomen vlog - numbers 51 to 75!

The third #100theatrewomen vlog is on the way - here's the teaser:

Second #100theatrewomen vlog - numbers 26-50!

Naomi and Ada featured in Crowdfunder video for Stand Up For Women!

Stand Up For Women have made a video for their crowdfunding appeal -
please do watch it below and then click here to back the project!

Post show panel discussion after Nineties Woman - 25th Feb, Rich Mix

After the performance of Rosie Wilby's show
Nineties Woman, on which Naomi was a creative advisor, she'll be appearing on the post show panel with
Jane Czyzselska, CN Lester and Kaite Walsh on
February 25th at Rich Mix in Shoreditch.

Click here to book tickets and find out more

Video blog of the first 25 women on the #100theatrewomen list!

Do watch below - and check out the blog page too!

Christmas Stories on Out in South London, 24th December

Naomi is thrilled to be appearing in the Christmas Special edition of Out in South London

It will be broadcast on 24th December and you can listen to it live on 104.4FM (in London) or online at www.resonancefm.com

Click here for more info about the show and upcoming programmes

Twitter list celebrating #100theatrewomen!

Check out my blog post about #100theatrewomen
and why we're doing it -
and get involved by leaving a comment with your own suggestions!

Ada Campe on tour with Mother Mae I Christmas Cabaret!

The Mother Mae I! Christmas Cabaret is touring to Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire this December!

It's fantastic mix of comedy, music, magic and fun - click here for more info!

Suffragettes on Stage at the National Theatre now on SoundCloud

I'm thrilled that the "Suffragettes on Stage" Platform performance that took place at the National Theatre in June this year is now available to listen to online!

Click here for the link to SoundCloud -
and please share it around!

Click here to find out more about
the Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays

World Premiere of "To Hear Her Voice" - LFFF, 29th November

Clare Neylon's film "To Hear Her Voice" will have its World Premiere on the 29th October as part of the London Feminist Film Festival.

For more info about the programme, click here

Ada Campe at Wilton's Music Hall for Stand Up For Women, 7th November!

Ada Campe will be appearing as part of a fabulous line up for Comedy Crackers at Wilton's Music Hall on the 7th November.

You can find out more about Stand Up For Women here and book tickets for the show here!

Naomi at the Woman/en in Puppet Theatre Symposium, 1st November

Naomi will be giving a paper entitled
'Suffragette Judy: an Entertainment for Enfranchisement'
at the Woman/en in Puppet Theatre Symposium, part of the Suspense Puppetry Festival 2013, on the 1st November

Click here to find out more about the Woman/en in Puppet Theatre Symposium, which is being organised by CROPP and SUSPENSE

Ada Campe at the Reclaim The Night After Party, London, 26th October!

Ada Campe will be appearing at the
Reclaim the Night afterparty
to celebrate the 10th Reclaim the Night march!

Click here for more info about Reclaim the Night

Naomi at the Feminism in London conference, 26th October

Naomi will be running a workshop entitled
'Taking Space, Talking Loud'
for the 2013 Feminism in London conference on 26th October.

The workshop is now fully booked but please do click here to find out more information about the fantastic programme for the conference and click here to book your place!

Naomi awarded a TaPRA Postgraduate Bursary for 2013 Conference

Naomi is thrilled to be one of ten postgraduate students awarded TaPRA Postgraduate Bursaries for the 2013 Conference which will be held in Glasgow in September. She'll be giving a paper to the Theatre History and Historiography Working Group.

Click here to find out more about TaPRA
and the other bursary winners!

Ada Campe at Stand Up For Women, Garrick Theatre, 7th July!

Ada Campe is going to be part of a fantastic line up performing at the Garrick Theatre on the 7th July for Stand Up For Women!

Click here for more info and to book!

Suffragettes on Stage at the National theatre - 25th June

Naomi is very happy to announce that she will be taking part in an extended Platform Performance at the National Theatre to talk about the work of the Actresses' Franchise League.

The panel also includes Professor Maggie Gale, Samantha Bond and Janie Dee -
to find out more and book tickets click here!

Tuesday 25th June, 2.30-4pm in the Lyttelton Theatre

Ada Campe is fortune telling at the Mayton Street Festival on 1st June!

Ada Campe will be taking part in the
Mayton Street Festival on Saturday 1st June as part of the Holloway Arts Festival!

On Saturday the 1st of June from 1-5pm you will find Mayton Street and the Old Fire Station filled with an array of artists, activities and events. Dance to live music, get crafty with art workshops, drink tea and eat cake at the pop-up tea room or simply just come down and soak up the atmosphere at what promises to be the best free street party in North London this summer.

Click here for more information

Naomi appearing on BBC Radio 3's Nightwaves

Naomi is very pleased to be appearing on BBC Radio 3's Arts and Ideas programme, Night Waves, on May 30th at 10pm.
Chaired by Anne McElvoy, Naomi will be discussing the Actresses' Franchise League and their work with Fern Riddell, a PhD student from King's College who has been recently selected as one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers.

Click here to go to the Night Waves website

Rosie Wilby's show "Nineties Woman" at the Exhibit Cinema, Balham

Naomi is one of the creative advisors on Rosie Wilby's new solo show, "Nineties Woman". Part documentary, part live show, Rosie reflects upon her student feminist activism days and traces the collective of women who produced York University women's newspaper Matrix to find out what they're all doing now.

For more info about the show and performance dates - click here
To see the trailer - click here

Ada Campe at Femmes by the Thames, 9th May!

Ada Campe will be appearing at the comedy night Femmes by the Thames at the Battersea Barge on May 9th. The night is sold out - but please click here for more information about Femmes by the Thames!

Naomi on Out in South London on Resonance FM

Naomi went to speak to Rosie Wilby on her radio show Out in South London on Resonance FM on the 9th April. Other guests were Julie Bindel and Paul Burston who were discussing their new magazine Gaze, and the performer and director Tim McArthur.
You can listen again to the show here

Fantastic review and preview in For Books' Sake!

For Books' Sake - a UK webzine dedicated to promoting and celebrating writing by women - has featured a piece that reviews The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays and previews Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk. To read it - click here!

Ada Campe appearing in Bristol at the Square Club, 26th April!

Ada Campe is very excited to be appearing at the
What The Frock! Comedy night at The Square Club, Bristol, on 26th April!

Click here to find out more about the other acts
Click here to book tickets!

STAGE RIGHTS! A living literature walk
20th and 27th april

Naomi is thrilled to announce the event 'Stage Rights!' -
a living literature walk through the
Theatre Land of the Actresses' Franchise League
in collaboration with Scary Little Girls

In small groups, audiences set off on a specially prepared route starting from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. At intervals throughout the route, actors and actresses begin their performances as the groups draw near, engaging audience members in comic and moving moments from the struggle for Votes for Women.

With only each other and the carefully constructed printed guides to follow - audiences will discover suffrage secrets they never knew Theatre Land had been keeping!

To book and for more information - click here

Women's History Month event -
'A passage through time', 17th March

Naomi will be speaking about the Women's Exhibition of 1909 at
'A Passage Through Time, Looking Back to Look Forward,
Women in Herstory' - an event at the Dragon Hall in London to celebrate Women's History Month.

To find out more - click here

The return of 'Traces of Nuts' -
Leicester Comedy Festival, 22-23 February

Naomi is very excited to be performing again as part of the Traces of Nuts comedy sketch show at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February!

Click here to find out more and book tickets.

The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays,
published as a paperback and an ebook in the UK
on 31st January!

To find out more about this book on Naomi's blog, click here

If you would like to contact Naomi about this book, click here

Little Pieces of Gold present Festopia,
Theatre 503, 22-26 January

Naomi is going to be appearing in 'COC', a new play by Polly Churchill and Vanessa Wilkins on Tuesday 22nd January as part of the Festopia season of new plays at Theatre 503.
For more info and to book click here

Colloquium of Performance Research
at Central School of Speech and Drama, 17-18 January

Naomi is going to be giving a paper entitled
'Putting on a Show: The Women's Exhibition of 1909'
at the Colloquium of Performance Research on Friday 18th January 2013.
More details here

Ada Campe on tour in Mother Mae I Christmas Cabarets - 6-9th December

Ada Campe is thrilled to be on the road again with
Scary Little Girls for their Mother Mae I Christmas Cabarets - more info here.

If you live in Herefordshire or Shropshire or fancy a road trip then do come - it's going to be a series of brilliant nights with great acts including Bunny Morethan and the wonderful Kate Smurthwaite

Last year was a blast - and this year is going to be just as fab!
Hurrah!

Stand Up To Cancer Charity Event - 30th November

Georgie Plum will be fortune telling at a
Stand Up To Cancer Charity Event on Friday 30th November at the Zander Bar, 45 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6BS

Tickets are £10 which includes a few glasses of prosecco, a buffet and one raffle ticket for some fantastic prizes!
The event runs from 6pm to 11pm -
come and support Stand Up To Cancer!

October:

Naomi is going to be fortune telling as a new character, Georgie Plum, at the Miss Vintage Wedding Fair at Battersea Arts Centre on the 21st October!
You can find out more about the Fair here

Naomi was interviewed earlier this year about Suffrage theatre and the Actresses' Franchise League for a short film by Manchester School of Art MA student Clare Neylon which is now edited and available online!
The film is called 'To Hear Her Voice' and you can watch it here.
Naomi is thrilled to have taken part in the film and to be one of the interviewees alongside Professor Viv Gardner and Dr Susan Croft, two of the leading academics in the field.

September:

Naomi is going to be talking about Ada Campe on the Out in South London show on Resonance FM on Tuesday 11th September at 6.30pm.
Click here for the Out in South London website
and
Click here to listen to the interview

August:

Naomi is thrilled to announce that The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays is to be available as an ebook and a paperback from January next year!
You can pre order it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and many other sites and the ISBN is 9781408176580

Read more on her blog here

June:
Naomi is pleased to announce that she will be appearing in 'The Stranger' as part of an evening of new writing entited 'Little Pieces of Gold' at Southwark Playhouse on Sunday 3rd June. More info at www.littlepiecesofgold.com

April:
Naomi has just got back from a research trip to the US!
She was researching at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

February:
Naomi has been collaborating with Nigel Shephard of Gypsy Gold films. Nigel is an independent filmmaker and composer and has been researching the Suffragettes for five years for a film entitled 'Banners and Broad Arrows' which is ready to go into production.

Nigel and Naomi spoke for Stoke Newington WI in March 2012
as part of their International Women's Day celebrations. Click here for their blog

'Putting On A Show: Inside the Women's Exhibition of May 1909'

Naomi and Nigel would like to take you on a virtual tour of the WSPU Exhibition at the Princes Skating Rink, Knightsbridge in 1909.

The exhibition was a showcase for the Suffrage cause and, using rare photographs and contemporary material we can give you a glimpse into the variety, colour, sights and sounds of this hugely popular and successful event.
Featuring fortune tellers, brass bands, theatre performances, installations, some extraordinary models and the first ice-cream soda fountain in England - as well as stalls from societies across the United Kingdom- the exhibition was a chance for Suffrage supporters to gather and celebrate as well as for curious visitors to explore and enjoy.

If you'd like to book us - contact me!

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