Written and first performed at just 17, Electra Kolb’s play is a fearless interrogation of female ambition and the cultural discomfort surrounding it. Why are ambitious women still labelled ‘too much’, while men are celebrated as leaders? Why is female ruthlessness treated as something shameful rather than powerful?

Our protagonist Sarah Jones embodies these tensions in their most extreme form; consumed by desperation, she is a 21st century Lady Macbeth whose drive to succeed overrides morality, loyalty and even self-preservation. ‘Father, Away She Goes’ is a portrait of a young woman shaped as much by the system around her as by her own choices.

So ask yourself; How far would you go in pursuit of your dreams…?