

Guitars & Theorbo
POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS! ...Women who have made a difference
Sun 03 Nov
|Shakespeare Globe
Jonatan joins forces with The Fourth Choir again for concerts celebrating women who have made an impact through history.
Time & Location
03 Nov 2019, 19:30
Shakespeare Globe, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT, UK
About the event
Narrated by Annette Badland and the Choir's Patron Dame Ann Murray Witches, bitches, spinsters and whores! Women have been slandered and attacked whenever they have dared to stand up, fight back or be true to themselves. The more formidable the woman, the more ferocious the slurs. But, as American writer and activist Audre Lorde said unapologetically, ‘Women are powerful and dangerous’. In this spirit, The Fourth Choir is offering a concert in praise of self-identifying women across history, continents and all walks of life. Spanning politics, religion, journalism, science, sports and the arts, we will tell histories of both well-known and hidden women who changed our world – from Queen Elizabeth I to Lady Phyll, from Sappho to Marielle Franco, and from Nina Simone to Lyra McKee. The music will be just as diverse as these amazing women are – with compositions by African-American Rosephayne Powell, Baroque nun Sor Juana Inés de la…