Written by Lucy Kirkwood, Directed by Emily Aboud
20 OCT - 7pm
21 OCT - 2.30pm & 7pm
22 OCT - 2.30pm & 7pm
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. Please be aware that this performance contains references to statutory rape, domestic violence, sexual content, and a depiction of miscarriage and body mutilation.
