When Caged Birds Fly

2007

Inspired by the rousing true stories of the women who kept Britain’s economy operating during World War 2 and who were the forerunners of bringing forward social change.

Prologue

The nation calls all women

Chapter one

The book of social conventions is torn up

the agenda has changed

Chapter two

Caged birds fly!

Final chapter

Women are not only wife, mother and daughter

they are also worker, philosopher and politician.

Epilogue

(yet to be written!)

Director David Mckenna

Dancers Alexis Wilkinson

  Suzanne Cantwell Birkin

  Esther Anderson

  21 girls from a week residency