Top Girls written by Caryl Churchill. It is shown that Top Girls is perceived widely as being a feminist play. Various feminisms are identified in feminist theatre.
Performance is identified as an area where the potential exists for the politicising of gender.
The postulation therefore is that Top Girls can be identified as a possible site for the location of feminist performance. Rehearsal is identified as the primary site for the creation of performance, and hence feminist performance. Feminist performance is investigated through a discussion of the rehearsal process, and of negotiation and the power dynamic within the rehearsal room. Deborah Findlay, Carole Hayman, Lesley Manville, and Lou Wakefield, four members of the original cast of Top Girls, were interviewed. Rehearsal during Top Girls was discussed, including how the process was structured, and how it functioned for the performers as individuals.