A new female writer-led theatre company is launching in February 2012 with a two-night show in Cardiff, London and Glasgow.

Agent 160 Theatre Company – named after playwright Aphra Behn’s code-name when she was a spy – will present fourteen new short pieces (some in Welsh) over two nights, commissioned from a pool of writers from across the British Isles, in Agent 160 Presents Agent 160.

On the second night at each venue, there will be a post-show Question and Answer session discussing the British theatrical landscape with regards to female writers; in Cardiff, this talk will be bilingual.

Currently women write just 17 per cent of all produced plays in the UK – a statistic Agent 160 wishes to address. The pieces are being rehearsed in all three cities, coming together for performances at Chapter Arts (Cardiff), Theatre503 (London) and The Arches (Glasgow).

Day 1

Amnesty
by Sam Burns

The Sweet Shop Standoff
by Marged Parry

Noura
by Samantha Ellis

Branded
by Poppy Corbett

The Last Word
by Vittoria Cafolla

How Do You Sleep At Night?
by Clare Duffy

Day 2

The Red Shoes
by Sarah Grochala

Genki
by Branwen Davies

How To Be A Pantomime Horse
by Ionna Anderson

Nancy
by Lisa Parry

Skin; Or How To Disappear
by Morna Pearson

A Modest Proposal
by Lindsay Rodden