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- Dates Sat 09 Nov 2024 - Sat 16 Nov 2024
- Location Bristol Old Vic (Weston Studio)
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Performance times
3PM, 8PM
Vary according to date
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Ticketing
Pay It Forward £20.00
Full Price £12.00
Concession £8.00
Schools rate £8, every 10th ticket free for accompanying adult -
Accessibility
BSL interpreted performance on Fri 15 Nov (8PM) with Sherrie Eugene-Hart
"When a woman is being buried alive, she will reach for even the grubbiest tool to dig herself out again."
Written by Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Emma Callander
Designed by Benjamin Thapa
Suffolk, England, 1759. A small rural town awaits the celestial spectacle of Halley’s Comet whilst a grisly trial unfolds. Young Sally Poppy, accused of murdering a local girl, faces the gallows. But at the eleventh-hour she makes a powerful and startling disclosure of pregnancy. A jury of matrons must now conclude if Sally is expecting, or simply lying to avoid the death penalty.
Commentary on class, wealth, fertility and feminism echo through the ages in Lucy Kirkwood’s explosive courtroom drama, as twelve women wrestle with the fate of another.
Suitable for ages 14+
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Content Advisories
- Swearing
- Blood/gore
- Pregnancy/baby loss
- Sexual content
- Violence
- Homophobia
- Child abuse
- Ableism
- Death/grief
Cast
Ann Lavender Sunny Chung
Charlotte Cary Maiya Louise Thapar
Mr. Coombes Oscar Gough
Emma Jenkins Tamzin Khan
Fred Poppy/Mr. Willis Sam Grove
Hannah Rusted Ellie Carnaby
Helen Ludlow Emaan Durrani
Judith Brewer Spike Maxwell
Kitty Givens Lili Mohammad
Lizzy Luke Ellie Spooner
Mary Middleton Emily Hurst
Peg Carter/Lady Wax Violet Morris
Sally Poppy Lotte Pearl
Sarah Hollis Lily Simpkiss
Sarah Smith Molly Watton-Williams
