- Pin it
- SubscribeUnsubscribe
- Embed
Tracey Whittaker hasn't added a story.
Hi,
Im Tracey and I would like to thank you for looking at my fundrazr! Me and my amazing team are raising money for a production budget to launch our new play Lady Tina! Loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it is a celebration of female voices & regional identity. After a year of intense research and development, we can finally take our baby, Lady Tina, to the public eye.
The mission with Lady Tina started several years ago, when I heard a
powerful speech from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I found it intensely
moving, and was fascinated by the complex way in which Shakespeare
depicts the relationships within the play and the incredibly powerful
tension that looms throughout. It’s a representation of a dark, over
bearing fear which on the whole, one tries not to mention for obvious
reasons. Lady Tina specifically seemed to expose a specific concern
and sense of grief which affects only a select few nowadays, but would
have been the norm in the lives of women in the Medieval period.
We loved the fire and articulacy in Shakespeare’s female
characters, as well as finding them deeply sympathetic, but— alack!—
they appear so infrequently onstage that we felt a huge part of the
female story was missing. We wanted to find out more about this — so
we created our own unique adaption...Lady Tina.
As a woman, in a world where communication was minimal, these woman would have spent great periods of fretful anxiety inside their homes, not knowing who was King, who was living or dead, what was going on. They would also have been tasked with the responsibilities of running the house in the absence of her warrior men. They would have risked their own life, having children. They would have had their own friends, fears, stories, concerns and doings that I think we should know more of.
Being a woman and historian, I personally wanted to consider what a
woman’s life back then would really have been like.
As artists,
our great ambition is to create powerful, inspiring parts for women to
play. Women have long been outnumbered 10:1 on stage, and as I left
university and drama school, I found myself becoming increasingly
bored of not seeing women in plays that we could relate to. I want to
write roles that actresses can aspire to, young girls will want to
grow into and that men will find every bit as interesting when they
hear their stories told. After a year of research and impassioned hard
work, we are ready to take Lady Tina to the public. We have scoured
landscapes and old books, working with a number of universities to
piece together details of A woman’s life during this period. We are
penning the finishing touches on a new history play which is funny,
moving and relatable, presenting unrecorded stories of the past for
modern times.
So that we can proceed with our mission, we need to showcase our work public ally, however this is expensive to do. We have already received interest from leading national theatres and will be staging a rehearsed reading for the industry and any donors on the 3rd of December. All of our work so far has been conducted at our own cost, with no renumeration. Whilst we lovingly devote all we can to this project, we require additional funds for our December performance to happen, and for us to secure future industry support. The money received will cover the cost of hiring our venue, refreshments, paying actors and our director for their work, rehearsal spaces and other administrative costs. We have a detailed budget and plan of action, but we need help to make it happen. If you can afford to help us along our journey, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps.
Tracey
Highlights
See all activity4Activity
Delete media item?
Delete this item from the media gallery? It will also be deleted from any related story update.
Set as ?
The campaign video will appear in social media and email.
The campaign cover picture will appear in social media and email.
The will appear at the top of your campaign page and in social media and email.
Reset ?
It will be removed from the top of your campaign and won't be used as default in social media and email. The will remain in the media gallery.
Embed
Share a link
Delete update
Delete this story update?
Any pictures or videos will remain in the campaign's media gallery.
Report campaign
Report submitted
Thank you. We take reports like yours very seriously. Our goal is to keep the community safe.
Please know that we may contact you for more information, but that we won't notify you personally of our decision. If the campaign remains available within a few days, it's likely that we determined it not to be in violation of our policies.
Thank you. We've already received your previous report. If the campaign remains available within a few days, it's likely that we determined it not to be in violation of our policies.
Tell us about the problem. Please fill in both fields below.
Record a video
Upload a video
Nothing grabs attention for your cause like a personal video. Take a minute or two to record one now. Record a short video message of support. Or upload one from your device. You can preview or redo your video before you post it.
Nothing grabs attention for your cause like a personal video. Upload a short video message of support. Upload a short video message of support. Or record one right now.
- Most effective video length: about a minute.
- Maximum length: 5 min.
- You can preview or redo your video before you post it.
Heads up! The existing video will be replaced.
Email your friends
Join our team
Tell people why our cause matters to you. Your personal message will encourage others to help. Easy, effective, optional.
Say it in video
Short personal videos by supporters like you are incredibly powerful. Record one right now and you'll help us raise more money. Easy, optional, effective.
Add a personal goal
Set a personal fundraising goal. You'll encourage more contributions if you do. And rest easy. There's no obligation to achieve your goal or bad consequences if you don't. Easy, optional, effective.
We have a video!
Video thumbnail
We'd love to show you our campaign video. Want to take a look?
, you're already on the team.