This was a musical celebrating successful women through ought time. I particularly enjoyed this as I found out about a few women whom I had not heard about before, such as Mary Anning, who was one of the first palaeontologists (a person who studies or is an expert in the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants). The show was amazing at discussing the way that men had a role in silencing the voices of women through history, but it was highlighted in a way that was digestible for children as the musical was based on a book written by Kate Pankhurst, a descendant of the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, that is a book for children. 

I loved the way that they framed the show, as it was based around the fact that a girl got lost on her school trip to a museum and wandered into a closed-off area, which ended up being a closed-off exhibition about the history of fanatic women, which started to come to life as the girl wondered through it and all the people who were in the exhibition came to life and taught the girl all the amazing things that they had done. I loved the female empowerment and the fact that as young girls there has only recently been a great uptake in the amount of successful female role models in the media that they can look up to in history, and this show excelled at showing smart and successful women in history that young girls can look up to. I also really enjoyed how the cast encouraged audience participation to join in with some of the songs and it created a really fun and nice environment.

My favourite song in the musical was ‘Deeds not Words’, which talked about the suffragette movement in the 1910s, how they needed legislation to go through parliament for them to vote and how they didn’t just want promises they wanted to see some action. My favourite line was ‘soldiers in petticoats’, and I enjoyed the costuming for the act as they wore outfits inspired by military uniforms. Another one of my favourite outfits was Freida Kahlo’s outfit as it was one of those where you had a hidden element, and it looked so beautiful when revealed.