19:30, Tue 3rd – Sat 7th March 2026 at ADC Theatre
Lent Week 6
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Grief, death, war
'I've had a lot of troubles, so I write jolly tales' - Louisa May Alcott.
Is art a way for us to conjure back what has been lost? Emma Reeve's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 150-year-old story of family, growing-up and survival brings this question into focus. It is a question that Alcott grapples with in her semi-autobiographical novel, which was written in the wake of her sister's death. In writing about a family based on her own, Alcott brought back to life her memories of her sister, their childhood, a time when dreams would become realities - all that had been lost.