Naomi Paxton
Naomi is a performer and researcher. She trained as a performer at Goldsmiths College, London and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and has acted in the West End and on tour in the UK and Internationally.
Naomi's interest in suffrage theatre and the Actresses' Franchise League began in 2007, while she was performing in the West End in 'Shadowlands.' She initiated and devised two readings of suffrage plays and contextual verbatim material at the Novello Theatre in 2008 and the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2009. She performed extracts of suffrage plays at a book launch at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2008 and at the opening of an exhibition about suffrage theatre in 2010.
Naomi produced and performed in 'Knickerbocker Glories' at the Union Theatre in 2010 - a triple bill of suffrage plays that ran for two weeks. She appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to talk about the plays and her research and began her doctoral studies at the University of Manchester in 2011.
Naomi edited 'The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays' which was published by Bloomsbury in 2013. The book formed the basis for a Platform performance at the National Theatre called 'Suffragettes on Stage' in 2013, which saw extracts of plays performed and a chaired discussion which included Naomi on the panel. Naomi also co-produced and devised 'Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk' with the feminist production hub Scary Little Girls to celebrate the launch of the book in 2013.
Naomi was one of the AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers for 2014/15 and has spoken about her research at the Hay Festival, Latitude Festival, BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival and on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme. She has run workshops on suffrage theatre in schools and regularly speaks about her research at events and play-readings.
In 2015 she wrote and presented a short documentary piece 'Votes for Women! Yours for a Penny!' for BBC Arts, which you can see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02msvd4
She graduated with her PhD in the summer of 2015.
From 2015-2016 she was the Post-Doctoral Research Associate for the Poor Theatres project at the University of Manchester. www.manchester.ac.uk/poortheatres
She is currently a Cultural Engagement Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Naomi teaches practice on the Drama undergraduate course at the University of Manchester. She also still performs - mostly as the comedy character 'Ada Campe.'
Supervisors: Professor Maggie B. Gale
Address: United Kingdom
Naomi's interest in suffrage theatre and the Actresses' Franchise League began in 2007, while she was performing in the West End in 'Shadowlands.' She initiated and devised two readings of suffrage plays and contextual verbatim material at the Novello Theatre in 2008 and the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2009. She performed extracts of suffrage plays at a book launch at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2008 and at the opening of an exhibition about suffrage theatre in 2010.
Naomi produced and performed in 'Knickerbocker Glories' at the Union Theatre in 2010 - a triple bill of suffrage plays that ran for two weeks. She appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to talk about the plays and her research and began her doctoral studies at the University of Manchester in 2011.
Naomi edited 'The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays' which was published by Bloomsbury in 2013. The book formed the basis for a Platform performance at the National Theatre called 'Suffragettes on Stage' in 2013, which saw extracts of plays performed and a chaired discussion which included Naomi on the panel. Naomi also co-produced and devised 'Stage Rights! A Living Literature Walk' with the feminist production hub Scary Little Girls to celebrate the launch of the book in 2013.
Naomi was one of the AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers for 2014/15 and has spoken about her research at the Hay Festival, Latitude Festival, BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival and on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme. She has run workshops on suffrage theatre in schools and regularly speaks about her research at events and play-readings.
In 2015 she wrote and presented a short documentary piece 'Votes for Women! Yours for a Penny!' for BBC Arts, which you can see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02msvd4
She graduated with her PhD in the summer of 2015.
From 2015-2016 she was the Post-Doctoral Research Associate for the Poor Theatres project at the University of Manchester. www.manchester.ac.uk/poortheatres
She is currently a Cultural Engagement Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Naomi teaches practice on the Drama undergraduate course at the University of Manchester. She also still performs - mostly as the comedy character 'Ada Campe.'
Supervisors: Professor Maggie B. Gale
Address: United Kingdom
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Spanning different styles and genres they explore many issues that interested feminist and suffragist campaigners such as: the value of women's work, domestic and economic inequality, visibility in public space, direct action and its consequences, sexual double standards, and the influence of the media on public opinion.
Edited and introduced by Dr Naomi Paxton, the anthology is brimming with in-depth knowledge, photographs and contextual information of the period making for an informative and inspirational volume that's perfect for both performance and study.
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Spanning different styles and genres they explore many issues that interested feminist and suffragist campaigners such as: the value of women's work, domestic and economic inequality, visibility in public space, direct action and its consequences, sexual double standards, and the influence of the media on public opinion.
Edited and introduced by Dr Naomi Paxton, the anthology is brimming with in-depth knowledge, photographs and contextual information of the period making for an informative and inspirational volume that's perfect for both performance and study.
Part of the Wonder Woman Radical Manchester Festival 2015
In October 1915, over a hundred American suffragist campaigners spent two days travelling around on the New York Subway system holding up placards promoting their case. Denied access to the commercial advertising space available, they took the campaign literally into their own hands – and directly into the public gaze, garnering support and publicity across the city. One of them was actress Fola La Follette, daughter of a Wisconsin senator, who firmly believed in the power of suffrage theatre and had toured the USA performing a one woman version of one of the most popular British suffrage plays, How The Vote Was Won. Drawing from contemporary press reports and archival material, this work-in-progress paper explores the events organised in October 1915 by the Woman Suffrage Party of New York, focusing on the subway ‘performance’ and the wider performative aspects of the campaign.