Tickets have been launched for occasions at WOW competition that showcase a stellar line-up of writers, performers and activists.
Subsequent 12 months marks the tenth anniversary of WOW competition (Ladies of the World competition), and the organisers are saying it’ll be the ‘largest and bravest’ but. They promise to sort out the themes that matter essentially the most girls and ladies internationally at the moment, and if earlier years are to go by, it is an occasion to not be missed. So, save the date now – WOW competition takes place on the 6-Eighth of March 2020, at London’s Southbank Centre.
Seven causes to go to WOW competition
1. The WOW competition weekend kicks off on Friday the sixth of March with author and campaigner Caroline Criado Perez, whose bestseller, Invisible Girl, exposes gender bias in a world largely designed for, and constructed by, males. You’ll be shocked – and dismayed – by how a lot this impacts our day-to-day world. It begins with telephones which are too massive for feminine palms – however extends to the elevated danger of girls being severely injured or killed in automotive accidents, as a result of – you guessed it – automobiles are designed for males and males’s proportions.
2. On Saturday 7 March, Emma Dabiri, creator of Don’t Contact my Hair, is in dialog, speaking in regards to the historical past, tradition and politics of black hair and why black hair is rarely simply ‘hair’.
3. On Sunday the Eighth of March, to mark Worldwide Ladies’s Day, there’s a efficiency of Letters Dwell, a curated number of feminine correspondence learn by a yet-to-be-announced line-up of stage and display stars. Earlier performers have included Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Coleman and Kylie Minogue, so count on massive names.
4. Additionally on Sunday, with a matinee and night present, is a efficiency by legendary artist Bobby Baker. Drawing on a (Grand) Mom’s Expertise, is a revival of Baker’s 30-year-old sell-out present that appears at early motherhood – and the fact of making an attempt to ‘have all of it’ from the attitude of being a grandmother and artist.
5. In addition to these superb audio system, the weekend is bursting on the seams with talks, workshops and discussions – together with pinning down the definition of ‘an enormous lady’s shirt’!
6. There’s additionally an Below-10s Feminist Nook, with enjoyable workshops for girls and boys on what it means to be equal.
7. Add rushing mentoring, dance workshops and incapacity life hacks to the combination, and there’s all the things you want for an thrilling and considerate expertise overlaying girls’s points all over the world.
For tickets and extra information, go to southbank.co.uk. Tickets begin from £5.
Spherical up the ladies you like to make a weekend of it, and we’ll see you there!
