presented by
The Fingersmiths Ltd.

An exploration of the oldest profession in the world, through the lives of courtesans, happy hookers, sex workers and cross-dressing rent ‘boys’ in Edwardian London. In Praise of Fallen Woman explores a new aesthetic in live performance – bilingual theatre, incorporating spoken and projected text with theatricalised British Sign language, creating a visceral, visual style. Provocative and intelligent, seductive but never sleazy, the work is alternatively humorous, poignant, innovative and irreverent.

"Stunning...red-hot, brave, brashly beautiful...(a) glorious multi-layered theatrical feast..."
Disability Arts Online    

The Fingersmiths Ltd. are old collaborators in a new formation: acclaimed performers/devisers Jeni Draper and Jean St Clair and award winning writer Kaite O'Reilly. The trio first collaborated on Jenny Sealey's production of Peeling, by Kaite O'Reilly, for Graeae Theatre Company.


First production
5- 16 July 2006
The Drill Hall
London

Further productions:
27. September 2006
Salisbury Arts Centre

30. October 2006
Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre

28. November 2006
DaDaFest 6

Cast Jeni Draper, Jean St Clair
Dramaturg & Director Kaite O'Reilly
Designer Sophia Lovell Smith
Lighting designer Ian Scott
Film maker Mark Webber


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