Scary Little Girls

Scary Little Girls has mainly been active in England. Previous shows include: The Ladies' Cage (2007), which focuses on Anna Parnell and the women of the Ladies Land League. It is set in the 1890s in the English and Irish land wars of the era. The production uses research material by Professor Margaret Ward, and her previously unpublished research on Anna Parnell.[5][6] In 2007, the company was funded by the Duke of Cornwall Benevolent Fund to produce a series of "Positive Behavior" sessions at Ludgvan Community Primary School[7] Suffragettes: 100 Years (2009) was a joint project with Naomi Paxton. There were readings of plays by members of the Actresses' Franchise League, followed by talks by academics and actors. The event launched a book of plays, many of which had previously been unpublished.

Many of Scary Little Girls' shows have literary themes, including their Literary Cabarets and Living Literature Walks. Their Literary Cabarets include:

The Best of Times: a Charles Dickens Literary Cabaret — a 3-woman cabaret based on the life of Charles Dickens that focuses on his personal life.[8] Wilde Nights is a show inspired by Oscar Wilde that was commissioned by Brighton Fringe.[9]The Full Brontë is an homage to the Brontë sisters.

In 2008, Scary Little Girls brought The Riot Showgrrls Club to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was a pro-sex, anti-porn cabaret performed at The Gilded Balloon. It was written and performed by Rebecca Mordan and Kate Kerrow. In 2009, they then took the show to the Glastonbury Festival.

In 2013, the company went to the Fringe for The Full Bronte, a literary cabaret based on the lives of the Brontë sisters.[10][11] The show was originally developed with The Theatre Chipping Norton before enjoying a sell-out run in Edinburgh and national tours.

In 2015, the company performed Salon du Chocolat at the Voodoo Rooms from 8–18 August. The salon included excerpts from banned books such as Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. It also included music by The Dresden Dolls and Annie Lennox.[12]

Living Literature Walks are theatrical walks that take a small group through a town to explore its history. Previous walks were about subjects such as Agatha Christie, Daphne Du Maurier, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and more.[13][14]

Dracula: The Kisses is Scary Little Girls' largest performance to date. The all-female cast and new text explore gender and queer themes in a gothic steampunk setting. The play was written by Rebecca Mordan and directed by Helen Tennison. The show's first run was 22–26 September 2014 at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall.[15] The show then went up to Birmingham to perform at the mac Birmingham and performed there 30–31 October 2014.[16]