Women of Will
Women of Will is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 13 performances listed, running from Tue 18 Aug, 18:00 to Mon 31 Aug, 18:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Jack, an aging actor, walks into a pub. Ava, a bartender auditioning, once again, for drama school, pours him a drink. Jack offers to help Ava with her monologues, and the two wend their way through the Shakespeare canon, clashing and connecting as they do. Based on the ineffable Tina Packer's Women of Will, this production charts the way Shakespeare's writing for women changed across his career. Intimate, epic; what emerges is an homage to some of the Bard's heroines, a love song to connection, as they learn to listen to both the text and each other.
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: The Library Gallery
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 100 seats (The Library Gallery) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 13, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the courtyard, follow the signs up the access ramp and into the main reception. Take the corridor on your right hand side and the library gallery is on your left. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 2 published reviews and 16 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
Women of Will is an hour-long performance directed by Michael Sexton and written by Siofra Dromgoole, based on Tina Packer’s book.
— Theatre Weekly (4 out of 5 stars)
Women of Will” owes its inspiration and even its title to Tina Packer, the founding artistic director of the acclaimed Shakespeare & Company theater company of Lenox, Massachusetts, who died earlier this year at the…
— New York Theater. (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Tue 18 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £17.00