This International Women’s Month, the Women Writers Festival returns to Etcetera Theatre in Camden for a month-long celebration of bold, original voices by women and female-identifying playwrights, including the edge-of-your-seat solo show “Natty Takes a Breath” – 18th and 19th March.

About “Natty Takes a Breath”

“Natty Takes a Breath” is a gripping, one-woman performance set inside a casting room, where an actress enters an audition expecting a straightforward professional exchange. As she responds to notes and adjustments, the encounter becomes distorted and the language of the room shifts. That’s when performance becomes survival. The audience is embedded in this narrowing space, experiencing every pause and recalibration. Each breath becomes the difference between holding it together and completely losing it.

Sara Amanda, the Writer and Director says: “Black women’s stories are often compressed or overlooked. Showcasing Natty Takes a Breath at the Women’s Writers Festival, among so many other incredible pieces of work, is my way of giving a voice where we’re taught to endure in silence”

About the women behind “Natty Takes a Breath”
Writer and Director: Sara Amanda (Writer, Dramaturg, Director and Theatre Maker from South London, who has collaborated with BBC, Wild Kate Pictures and Belgrade Theatre)
image.jpeg

Co-Director: Jasmin Skeete (Theatre Director whose work includes the original musical Black Power Desk and productions at Almeida Theatre. She also founded the Women in Theatre network, offering mentoring to early-career theatre professionals)
image.png

Performer: Veronica Carabai (Actress with a career spanning over two decades, praised for her magnetic energy and ability to bring intense emotional depth to characters)

image.png

Dramaturg: Serena Coady (Dramaturg and Writer whose plays have been shortlisted for the Martin-Lysicrates Prize and longlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, the Woven Voices Prize, and the Ilfeld Prize)

image.jpeg
“Natty Takes a Breath” show details

Date: 18th and 19th March. 1pm, 3pm, 9pm
Location: Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, London, NW1 7BU
Ticket price: £15 here and here

Based at The Etcetera Theatre in Camden each year, The Women Writers Festival is a bold response to the underrepresentation of women playwrights in the UK. Since 2023, it has grown into the golden platform for celebrating diversity and the power of women’s storytelling, showing original, underrepresented voices through monologues, spoken word and experimental work. This year sees approx 58 shows and 107 performances, including panel discussions and live poetry on demand by audience request.