Sobbin' Women

29 May

Directed by Alice Harding | Produced by Fleur Simpson | Written by Molly May Gorman

Sobbin' Women

29 May

Director Alice Harding
Producer Fleur Simpson
Writer Molly May Gorman
Designer Sorcha Corcoran

In the golden era of MGM’s Hollywood, the husband and wife Screenwriting duo behind a new musical are failing to get the greenlight. Thrown into crisis when they are forced to work with an up-and-coming free-spirited female writer, Sobbin’ Women is a darkly funny new play about what it means to be a woman in a foregone age and the consequences of putting the professional before the personal.

Show duration: 60 mins
Content warnings: Misogyny

 

Booking Info

Alice Harding

Director

Alice is an award-nominated director featured in Rolling Stone for her music video for Girl Ray. She was OffFest nominated for This Blighted Star (OFFIES, 2026) and for Barton Turf she was nominated for Best Early Career Director at Oxford Shorts Film Festival 2024.

As Director: This Blighted Star (Underbelly/Belgrade Theatre/Omnibus Theatre,) Exit Strategy (Rehearsed Reading, Southwark Playhouse), Ray (Rehearsed Reading, Omnibus Theatre), Barton Turf (Well Close Productions).
As Associate Director: Flicker (Soho Theatre).
As Second Unit Director: Fortunes of War (Apple), Caught In The Net Season 2, American Monster Seasons 8 & 9, Married To Evil Season 2 (Arrow Media/Discovery)

Fleur Simpson

Producer

Fleur Simpson is a London-based creative producer currently studying at Mountview, after graduating from Queen Mary, University of London with a BA in English and Drama.

She trained as a Young Producer at the Almeida Theatre, and has worked with National Youth Theatre, Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, Theatre Peckham, Women’s Environmental Network, Royal Academy of Art, and Peopling the Palaces. Her producing focuses on establishing partnerships and widening participation in the arts.

Molly May Gorman

Writer

Molly May Gorman is a Salford-born writer and English Literature and Creative Writing graduate of Lancaster University. She is interested in literary historical fiction, particularly the intersection between history and queerness. As a disabled, working-class, and queer writer, Molly May is also passionate about improving representation both on stage and off, and would love to engage audiences from such backgrounds.