CHLOE WADE PRODUCTIONS
Set up in 2022 by theatremaker Chloe Wade to amplify the unheard voices of womxn in ‘Herstory,’ Chloe Wade Productions (CWP) is passionate about impactful, northern, feminist narratives.
CWP creates projects with social purpose and artistic integrity; political work that will challenge audiences and create a space for social change.
As SHE Likes It is the inaugural show under CWP and successfully completed an Arts Council funded tour to 30 midscale venues around the UK, in Spring 2024.
As SHE Likes It is inspired by the story of #MeToo pioneer Patricia Douglas. It’s been nearly 100 years since Patricia Douglas was lured to a studio party under the guise of a casting call, in what was perhaps the biggest, best-suppressed scandal in Hollywood history.
Join the Damsel in Distress, or as she prefers to be known - her own knight in shining armour - as she removes the rose-tinted filter to reveal the truth behind the romanticised facade. A Leading Lady who’s hiding her sexuality. A Sex Symbol who’s suppressing her appetite. A Comedy Queen who disguises her sadness with humour, and a starry-eyed Girl Next Door who’s discovering what it really takes to make it in Hollywood.
Written by Chloe Wade and supported by Olivier Award Winning Playwright, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; Emilia (The Globe), Obsession (Netflix), As SHE Likes It is a peek behind the sepia cigarette smoke and passionate embraces of Old Hollywood, as seen through the eyes of its archetypes. Through a fusion of live theatre and filmed footage, As SHE Likes It exposes the cultural legacy of sexism and exploitation that still haunts the industry to this day. A darkly comedic explosion of multimedia, verbatim, cabaret and drag; a contemporary Brechtian-style play that poses the question: How much has changed between the Hollywood of yesteryear and now?
It’s time Patricia’s story, and the stories of the many women whose voices have been silenced, are told in all their intersectional complexity and fullness.
Be prepared to kiss the Hollywood happy ending goodbye!
'Chloe is a brilliant collaborator and really understands how to bring the best out of a team. They are supportive, nurturing and an innovator. A real creative thinker who constantly devises ways to fill gaps in our industry.
Alistair Wilkinson, WoLab
'Chloe is truly an extraordinary talent, a master storyteller, and has an original, modern voice that needs to be heard.'
Tilly Vosburgh, Director of As SHE Likes It
‘Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked.’