WOW – Women of the World festival is coming to Chester!
Taking place May 20 – 21 at Storyhouse, Chester’s brand new £37m theatre, cinema, arts centre and library, Women of the World Chester will see leading female voices from across the region discuss, debate and celebrate the theme of ambition and explore the paths to a gender equal world.
A programme of workshops, speed-mentoring sessions, panel discussions, film, exhibitions, poetry, stand-up comedy and a marketplace will form the inaugural festival line-up.
Highlight speakers include a keynote note address from the Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director and WOW founder Jude Kelly, Cheshire Woman of the Year Kate Northcott Spall, leading business woman Simone Roche, and leader of Cheshire West and Chester council Cllr Sam Dixon.
Launched by Southbank Centre in 2010, WOW is now a global movement, with international WOW festivals reaching over one million people across five continents, and growing year on year. Following a series of open Thinkins, WOW Chester has been programmed by contributors, thinkers and doers based across the region.
About Storyhouse
Storyhouse is Chester’s brand new £37m theatre, library, cinema and arts centre. The restored and revitalised 1930s Odeon building now houses an 800-seat auditorium, a 200-seat studio theatre, a restaurant and two bars and a 100-seat boutique cinema.
Summer will see an opening season of four productions performing at both Storyhouse and Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre – The Beggar’s Opera, Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar. Autumn will bring a season of nationally-acclaimed touring shows, spanning music, drama, comedy and dance.