WOMEN OF THE WEST END W/T
In development
​Drama-documentary | limited series 
​3 x 60' 
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Writer / EP: Jillian Mannion
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From Jillian Mannion, lead writer of Netflix’s BLOOD SEX AND ROYALTY,  comes a bold, fresh drama-doc series about three trailblazing female impresarios who shaped London's theatreland – at a time when a woman’s place was in the home.

Emma Cons, Lilian Baylis and Dame Ninette de Valois were feminist rebels who defied the conventions of their time. They battled poverty, sexism, homophobia and bullying to establish London’s major theatre companies… Visit London’s West End today and you’re walking in the footsteps of these iconic women. And yet no one knows their names.

​This revisionist history series blends social, feminist and LGBTQ+ issues with the magic of the theatre. Just as our heroines pushed the boundaries of their era, we will take a fresh approach to the drama-doc format. Instead of using historians as talking heads, our presenters will be actors and theatre makers who are forging their own path in the arts world today. Using the latest virtual production techniques, we will place our presenters into the world of our protagonists, taking our viewers on an inspiring, entertaining and sometimes scandalous journey, from Victorian London to the end of World War Two.