"The Welkin"

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By Lucy Kirkwood

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Directed by Richard Weller

 

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

 

​Performances will be at 7:30 pm on

Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October.

 

There will be a presentation / read through on Monday 22 June followed by

auditions on Wednesday 24 June with rehearsals commencing 

Monday 6 & Wednesday 8 July then weekly thereafter, all at the Shottermill Club.

 

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