BOOST: Watch ‘The Three Marias: Women of Word’ at EdFringe 2025 – “Their trial becomes a global headline. Their words become a feminist manifesto.” (Ad)

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Portugal, 1972. Three women sit down to write. What they create is banned, censored, and seized by the state. Their trial becomes a global headline. Their words become a feminist manifesto.

The Three Marias: Women of Word is a powerful new play inspired by the real-life story of Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho da Costa, authors of New Portuguese Letters a book so bold it was branded “pornographic” by one of Europe’s last fascist regimes.

Through documentary theatre, poetry and visceral performance, this women-led production reimagines their resistance, not through slogans, but through language, intimacy, and sisterhood. It’s about rebellion and repression, yes. But it’s also about friendship, creative freedom, and the radical act of telling your own story.

Created by Edinburgh-based Voices Collective Company, the show asks: what has changed since the 70s, and what hasn’t? Why are women still taught to shrink themselves to fit? What happens when we stop?
Performed in English, this is a timely tribute to a pivotal moment in Portuguese history and a universal call for courage. It’s urgent, witty, and deeply human, a celebration of three voices that refused to be silenced.

You can catch The Three Marias: Women of Word from August 19th to 23rd at Olive Studio at Greenside @ George Street from 12:30 (60mins). Tickets (£15 / £12 conc.) are available through the EdFringe Online Box Office.