A Good Night Out for the Girls

1. Introduction: A Good Night Out for the Girls
Elaine, Gerry

2. Jam and Jerusalem/Sentimentality and Feminism: Calendar Girls

Elaine

3. Roaring Women and Class Acts: The Naked Truth and the Chippendales’ Ultimate Girls Night Out

Gerry

4. Age Liberation: Susan Boyle, ‘Grumpy Old Women’ and Virginia Ironside’s Monologues
Elaine

5. Once More with Feeling: Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female of the Species and Nic Green’s Trilogy

Gerry

6. Work, Family, Romance and the Utopian Sensibilities of the Chick Megamusical Mamma Mia!

Elaine

7. The Ghosts of New Burlesque
Gerry

8. Entertaining Others: Shappi Khorsandi and Andi Osho
Elaine, Gerry

9. ‘Are We There Yet?’ — Final Reflections and Marisa Carnesky’s Ghost Train
Elaine, Gerry

Keywords: Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Performing Arts, Theatre History, Theatre and Performance Studies, Literature, general, Arts