'Once you're a woman doing as she pleases with her body, in someone's eyes you qualify for hoe status.'

Bim, Alex and J have been best friends since school. Loud, funny, inseparable - they are the epitome of girls who just want to have fun.

But now they're twenty-five, life is starting to get in the way. Careers, relationships, expectations... What better way to escape than a trip to Ibiza for a week of sun, sea and selfies?

But there's trouble in paradise when reality catches up with them, threatening to derail their holiday as they are forced to accept no amount of partying will let them escape themselves.

The Hoes is a riotous celebration of sisterhood, showing that while life may throw up unexpected turbulence, friendships will last the course. It premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in 2018.

The Hoes is Ifeyinwa Frederick's debut play. It was longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, and shortlisted for the Tony Craze and Character 7 Awards.

About the Author
Ifeyinwa Frederick is a writer and entrepreneur. Writing alongside her full-time job as co-founder of the world's first Nigerian tapas restaurant, she has been featured in Forbes' list of 100 Women Founders in Europe. As a writer, her debut play The Hoes (Hampstead Theatre, 2018) was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award (2017) and Character 7 Award (2017) and longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award (2017). Other work includes Sessions (Paines Plough, 2021).

Reviews

'Ifeyinwa Frederick's ferociously funny debut play exudes black girl magic'

* The Stage *

'A lewd, loud and lively three-hander'

* Evening Standard *

'A joyous celebration of millennial womanhood and friendship that's unafraid to show the darker side of growing up... Frederick's debut as a playwright is momentous'

* Broadway World *

'Irreverently noisy, and often hilarious... from the start, The Hoes is so amply alive: it gives a thrillingly vivid and highly charged account of what it feels like to be part of a mid-twenties sisterhood... a very impressive debut'

* The Arts Desk *

'A brutally honest, devilishly funny account of millennial sisterhood and female sexuality with the power to make you laugh, cry and cringe'

* British Theatre Guide *



Book Information
ISBN 9781848427990
Author Ifeyinwa Frederick
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books