Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World Review

Disclaimer: We received tickets to this show for an honest review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are our own. Read on for our Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World Review

Having an almost teenage daughter in secondary school, I am always keen for her to continue her learning outside of the classroom. This isn’t always easy; she sees it as extra work and does enough of it in school and with her homework. However, learning doesn’t always mean having your head in a book and reading facts from history books – sometimes watching a TV show can be educational, a documentary or visiting the museum, which is always our favourite pastime.

There are so many fun ways for children to pick up additional knowledge, often without them even realising they are learning at all.

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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World Review

The new musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World combines two of Emmy’s favourite things – the theatre and history. History is one of her all-time favourite subjects at school – she even volunteered to help run a school take over at our local museum organised by the history department. A selected number of students took over the Museum for 3 days, giving demonstrations and tours to members of the public, other schools and even our local MP and Mayor. She absolutely loved it.

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is based on the popular children’s book by Suffragette descendant Kate Pankhurst. This funny and feel-good musical tells the inspirational stories of historic women such as Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Jane Austen and more, including author Kate’s own relative Emmeline Pankhurst.

The story begins with a school trip to the museum, where one student Jade is left behind in the Museum by her teachers and classmates – she had been collecting things from the coach and fell behind of the group. We follow the heroine Jade on an adventure when she sneaks behind the scenes of a new exhibit – The Gallery of Greatness. Here she meets all the amazing women who have given so much, worked so hard and proven themselves to help empower new generations of women to believe in themselves and change the world around them. The Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World.

Through the power of song, you are taught all about these amazing women – the struggles they had to overcome, the fantastic things they achieved and how they went about it. We learnt how things weren’t always easy but greatness can be achieved if you believe in yourself and fight for what is right.

The way the story unfolded on the stage was just brilliant – each woman from history coming to give Jade helpful advice and showing her she does have a voice, does matter and can be anything she wants to be.

All interpreted through song and dance which made it a brilliant way to portray the valuable information about these incredible women, all while having you bopping around in your seats, smiling and wanting to learn even more.

With stunning costumes and gripping tunes this is one history lesson not to be missed – and I have to say, if I was taught these facts in this way while I was in school I would probably have enjoyed history far more and remembered what I was taught. Performed by an all-women cast of just 6 they were all equally brilliant – and boy can they change clothes quickly too.

Emmy and her best friend came away buzzing (as did us Mum’s) and they were reletting the facts they had learnt and planning on taking in their programme to show their history teacher. I have to call that a massive win!

This isn’t just for the girls and women though – anyone will enjoy this and learn from it – in fact, I was seated next to a family with a Mum, Dad and Daughter and after it had finished the Dad turned to me and said: “I wasn’t sure how that would work out or if I would like it, but it was just absolutely brilliant”.

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In the show we learnt all about:

Amelia Earhart
Gertrude Ederle
Sacagawea
Emmeline Pankhurst
Jane Austen
Frida Kahlo
Agent FiFi (Marie Christine Chilver)
Mary Seacole
Mary Anning
Rosa Parks
Anne Frank
& Marie Curie

“Well behaved women rarely make history”

We saw this show at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and it will be there until 17th July before moving to Canterbury The Marlowe on 26th July – 30th July and finally to Edinburgh Festival Fringe on 4th – 29th August.

Book your tickets on the website here: https://fantasticallygreatwomenthemusical.com