Self Portrait

Gwen John, now regarded as one of the finest painters of our time and country, had an immense talent that was largely overshadowed during her own lifetime by that of her brother Augustus. With this portrait Sheila Yeger skilfully interweaves the past and the present to explore the tensions and dilemmas that women as creative artists face in society today

"...Yeger's clever biographical drama looks at creativity in women in general, and in the artist Gwen John (1876 to 1939) in particular" ~ Rick Jones, Evening Standard

"...could any man have subdued his own identity to the degree that Gwen John does in her painting? And could any man have written as powerful and potent a play about her as Sheila Yeger has with Self Portrait? ... This tightly and authoritatively written and convincingly argued play succeeds because it works in precisely the same way that John's paintings do. It's an amalgamation of event and emotion painfully reconstructed in intimidating detail..." ~ Michael Quinn, What's On

"Self Portrait is one of the most exciting intriguing and satisfying new plays I've seen this season" ~ Robin Thornber, The Guardian