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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 1d

Have you heard about our Salon Du Cinema shows? 🎞️

Together we explore how female film stars pushed the boundaries both pre- and post-censorship, combining screenings of classic cinema with the sort of shenanigans you can only get away with in a salon.

Find out more here ➡️ buff.ly/6F7Y1EF

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 2d

#TeamScary are gearing up for rehearsals for our November tour of Fire: A Princess’ guide to burning issues.

100% of previous schools say the show supports their classroom learning, so book one of the remaining dates for Brighton & East Sussex schools now!

Book here 👉 buff.ly/FjqFSry

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 3d

Did you know? We are an accredited Living Wage Employer! 💫

Everyone working at Scary Little Girls receives a minimum hourly wage of £12.60. This is higher than the government minimum for over 21s, which currently stands at £12.21 per hour.

Read more buff.ly/5iuHEaH

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 4d

🐶 Meg's first pitch pipe at rehearsals today! #TeamScary

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 4d

Did you see our latest Business of the Month blog?

🍂 As the evenings get longer and chillier, we’re finding comfort in snuggling up with a little something to warm us from the inside out – let us introduce you to the delicious Dunnet Bay Distillers.

Read all about them here ➡️ buff.ly/R1azkgF

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 4d

Find out about their work and what they have going on here 👉 buff.ly/KHHkLVO and donate to them through the Big Give here by noon tomorrow Wednesday 15th to have your donation doubled for free! 👉 buff.ly/OJ3LFos

What’s been going on at Make Space for Girls and how you can help us

Make Space for Girls works to ensure parks and public spaces are designed to include and empower teenage girls. Through community engagement, advocacy, and our new three-year strategy, we aim to…

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 4d

Want to see parks and public spaces to be designed for girls and young women, not just boys and young men?

The fantastic Make Space For Girls is a campaign working towards that!

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 5d

Save the date!

Our fab friends Penlee Park Open Air Theatre 2026 Season tickets are on sale from 1st November - book your tickets in advance to see some fantastic shows next summer!

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 8d

If something doesn’t feel right in your relationship, it probably isn’t.

If you're worried you may be experiencing domestic abuse, take this quiz from Women's Aid 👉 buff.ly/8MoyeYL

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 9d

Check out this incredible audience feedback from Queenagers - our cabaret show focusing on the funny side of the menopause and the uplifting freedom and positivity it can bring 👑

Read more about the show here 👉 buff.ly/8vLE5an and keep an eye out for future show announcements - or book it yourself!

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 9d

From our previous Business of the Month and publishers of Artistic Director Rebecca Mordan's book (buff.ly/FsHII3e) The History Press is publishing INK! this #BlackHistoryMonth, exploring the black journalists who transformed Britain.

Check it out ➡️ buff.ly/vEfXWWp

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 10d

With subsequent festivals, we’re now celebrating the power of women in their midlife, bringing top quality arts to – and sometimes right over! – the doorsteps of communities all over Cornwall and beyond.

Meet the artists here ➡️ buff.ly/3Gbl5kN

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 10d

Our series of Mayven Festival events showcases the work of over 100 female creatives – artists, performers, writers, directors and producers! 👏

Our first Mayven Festival in Summer 2022 in Cornwall celebrated the fact that Scary Little Girls had been going strong for 20 years.

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 11d

Have you seen our Greenham animations?

Made for us by students from Falmouth University, this one shows what it was like growing up at Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Watch it here 👉 buff.ly/MSbqCMw

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 12d

tells the story of the 18 months when Anna founded and ran the Ladies Land League, following the banning of the Land League and the imprisonment of the men who ran it.

Read all about it here ➡️ buff.ly/D6R5rTQ

The Ladies' Cage - Scary Little Girls

Scary Little Girls’ third fringe production was a piece of specially commissioned new writing and was performed at the Finborough…

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 12d

"The political storm will resound down the decades... the personal fallout will last a lifetime!"

💪 Inspired by the life of Anna Parnell, a brilliant young Anglo-Irish woman drawn into political action by the threat of a new famine in Ireland, our show The Ladies’ Cage, which was performed in 2007,

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 15d

This evening at Old Town Inn will share the trials and tribulations, the joys, sorrows and hilarity of the women who’ve been born on, blown into or currently bolster the Isles of Scilly.

Book now! 👉 buff.ly/YGITVYb

No Woman is an Island! - Scary Little Girls

Join Artistic Director Rebecca Mordan and Team Scary member Bec Applebee alongside members of the Scilly community for a celebration…

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 15d

🌊 Join us on the Isles of Scilly TOMORROW for No Woman is an Island!

👑 After the success of our two sold out Queenagers tours this year, we will be working again with St Mary's Theatre Club and friends, using song, poetry and monologues drawn from the lives of women from all five inhabited islands.

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 15d

We are huge fans of Lea Andrews - our fab friend from the early days of SLG when we ran our cabaret 'Mother Mae I' at a lesbian bar in Stoke Newington!

Check out Lea's page here for behind the scenes pics and future show announcements ➡️ buff.ly/Gtxb3Qs

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 16d

We are so proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer! 💫

Everyone working at Scary Little Girls receives a minimum hourly wage of £12.60. This is higher than the government minimum for over 21s, which currently stands at £12.21 per hour.

Read more buff.ly/5iuHEaH

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 17d

🍂 As the evenings get longer and chillier, we’re finding comfort in snuggling up with a little something to warm us from the inside out – let us introduce you to the delicious Dunnet Bay Distillers.

Read all about them here ➡️ buff.ly/DjQJLzo

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 18d

🍩 In Falmouth or Penryn and fancy a vegan treat this week?

Our delicious previous Business of the Month Sasparella Deli deliver donuts to workplaces, offices, and even houses every Friday!

Order by 10pm Thursday and have a box of gorgeous vegan donuts at lunchtime on Friday! 👉 buff.ly/yxgxKzq

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 18d

Friday 3rd October, St Agnes 👉 buff.ly/zU6uAGQ
Sunday 5th October, St Martin's 👉 buff.ly/0i6Tjso

Both are drop in events - no booking needed!

Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 18d

No Woman is an Island! Two more dates announced! ✨

Join Artistic Director Rebecca Mordan and Team Scary member Bec Applebee alongside members of the Scilly community for a celebration of what it means to be an island woman!

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Scary Little Girls @scarylittlegirls.bsky.social · 18d

Solstice Stories is our podcast showcasing specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth ✨

Listen to all of the episodes here 🎧 buff.ly/3SkL93t