Review

Positive Stories for Negative Times: Bad Bored Women of the Rooms

An intriguing story focusing on five female criminals, set within a flexible text for classes or individual students to explore
 
Positive Stories for Negative Times: Bad Bored Women of the Rooms
Positive Stories for Negative Times: Bad Bored Women of the Rooms

Bad Bored Women of the Rooms is one play within a collection of five, written during the pandemic to give young people the opportunity to perform – whether this be in person or remotely. Before reading the play, it would be useful to browse the handbook that comes at the start of the collection – ‘Positive Stories for Negative Times’ – as it outlines an excellent process that can be followed by directors and performers. While the guide was aimed at anyone who wanted to be part of the Positive Stories project, which cumulated in March 2021, it still provides a wide range of ideas about how to explore the play, both remotely and safely in person.

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