By the end of 2009, Dawes’ ‘First Life’ had once again spiraled into crisis following the death of her close friend and confidante, Margot Dalglish. Her response was to self-isolate and to submerge herself within dark drama, allowing each aspect of her personal grief and unhappiness to play out within her work. The result was a series of hard hitting, tragic vignettes that follow three extraordinary ‘Working Girlz’as they compete and excel within a man’s world. In so doing she was finally able to reveal herself, both to and through Margot, and so say goodbye.
Working Girlz is a lavish celebration of women like Margot, who revel in behaving extraordinarily badly.
The original Alania Dawes trilogy: