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    The Welkin
    By Lucy Kirkwood

    19:45, Tue 24th – Sat 28th October 2023 at ADC Theatre
    14:30, Sat 28th October 2023 at ADC Theatre
    Michaelmas Week 3

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    Pregnancy, miscarriage, gratuitous violence, physical abuse, swearing, flashing lights, allusion to death, allusion to r*pe, allusion to domestic violence, blood, physical abuse, sexism, the devil

    ‘She is a nasty, stupid, wicked wretch, and I mean to save her life.’

    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 women are snatched from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply 'pleading the belly' to escape the noose.

    With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the women wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

    The women of The Welkin are often unlikeable, rude, hilarious, impatient, gossipy, airheaded, witty, nurturing and physically and emotionally strong. Think Twelve Angry Men meets the Vagina Monologues, with a sprinkling of The Crucible.

    Cast

    Sally Poppy –
    Elizabeth Luke –
    Judith Brewer –
    Charlotte Cary –
    Kitty Givens –
    Helen Ludlow –
    Sarah Hollis –
    Emma Jenkins –
    Ann Lavender –
    Mary Middleton –
    Hannah Rusted –
    Sarah Smith –
    Peg Carter –
    Mr Coombes –
    Fred/Mr Willis –
    Katy Luke/Alice Wax –
    The Justice –

    Production Team

    Assistant Producer –
    Producer –
    Technical Director –
    Stage Manager –
    Deputy Stage Manager –
    Assistant Costume Designer – ,
    Costume Designer –
    Publicist –
    Assistant Costume Designer –
    Welfare Officer –
    Assistant Costume Designer –
    Photographer –
    Assistant Stage Manager –
    Photographer –
    Fight Choreographer –
    Publicity Designer –
    Sound Designer –
    Set Designer –
    Lighting Designer –
    Intimacy Coordinator –
    Poster Designer –
    Costume Sewer – ,
    Assistant Stage Manager – , , ,
    Get-in Helper – , ,
    ‘Get Involved’ Get-in Coordinator – , ,
    Get-in Helper –
    Assistant Stage Manager – ,
    Queen of Get-in –
    PLX –
    Get-out Helper –
    Domino’s Coordinator –
    Get-in Helper – ,
    PLX –
    Head Carpenter –
    Bentonite Bitch –