“This theatre piece is not for those who like a nice, straightforward play. It isn’t a play at all, it is a show that takes us on an emotional journey, that invites us to process our own frustrations, guilt, rage, hope. It engages and reflects the challenges of womanhood.”

The Ideal Woman

Women have been worshipped since the beginning of time.
Regardless of geography, women have always been
symbols of

Innocence
Purity
Beauty
Abundance.

Yes, all of those dainty pretty stuff.

As women, we carry a huge burden on our shoulders
that’s been passed down by women who lived
before us.

A burden that is the fantasy of what feminine looks like, feels like, smells and tastes like.

Trailers

The idea of what a woman should be is deeply engraved in our culture, history and evidenced in the language that we use. This is a juxtaposition to the kind of language we use to describe an ideal woman in a contemporary setting; independent, strong, confident, motivated.

“The Ideal Woman” aims to dig into this time warp of the transcendental woman; will we be able to find a space where the past and the present exist in peace?

Or would it be a war that can never end with a truce?

Performance snippet from Southend Fringe 2018

Performers: Vinna Law, Susanna Hyvarinen, Morgana Baldissera, Vanessa Borrini, Siiri Partanen

Performance Snippet from C.IN.E. Residency 2019

Performers: Vinna Law, Susanna Hyvarinen, Vanessa Borrini, Siiri Partanen

L’Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics

Vinna Law

Director & Performer
Siiri Partanen

Performer & Composer
Susanna Hyvärinen

Performer & Composer
Vanessa Borrini

Performer
Morgana Baldissera

Performer

“There is something both epic and personal, timeless and contemporary about The Ideal Woman. I’m struggling to express my response to it (she has one job, I hear you cry!) so I’ll start by saying that it really resonated with me. The fusion of original music, movement and story work together to create a roar of a show. From girlhood through to motherhood, you get a real sense of the ties (physically represented with red string on the stage) that keep women in their place.

The Ideal Woman questions that place. It pushes against that place. But this is not a show that shouts about the patriarchy or men. No, this is about women, and their relationships with other women. How mother’s might encourage their daughters to shrink themselves into a shape that fits the world. How they do that with the best of intentions. How guilt permeates so many aspects of our lives. How The Ideal Woman for the world of today or yesterday, simply does not or did not exist. Maybe that is our curse.”

“Stepping into the suspenseful brooding atmosphere of the Cockpit theatre stage with spectators in the round, the audience encompasses four short pillars littered with candles and joined by a web of blood-coloured twine.
From that first step into the space, the viewers are prepared to be sucked into a world of ritualistic intrigue.”

Monologues From My Bedroom

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