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Category:
Drama | Featured | Production Arts
Event type:
Booking required | In-person
Admission:
£15 (£8 concessions)
Location:
Milton Court Theatre

Event information

The Welkin

by Lucy Kirkwood 

Mumba Dodwell director
Stella-Jane Odoemelam designer 

Rural Suffolk, 1759. A woman’s life hangs in the balance – and twelve others must decide her fate. 

As Halley’s Comet streaks across the sky, Sally Poppy stands accused of a brutal murder and sentenced to hang. But when she claims to be pregnant, the law requires a jury of twelve matrons to determine the truth. 

Dragged from their domestic routines into the stark reality of the courtroom, the women must navigate justice, morality and the limitations imposed on their power.  

A timeless tribute to women’s resilience across the ages, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, which premiered at the National Theatre in 2020, is a gripping drama about bodies, belief and the many roles women are made to play. 

Mumba Dodwell directs this exciting new production for Guildhall School.

“A dazzling, bickering, clashing spectrum of humanity and womanhood.” 
Time Out 
 

Important Note

Please note that the start time for our evening drama productions is now 7pm (not 7.30pm as per previous seasons). Matinees remain at 2pm.

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Venue information

Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.

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Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
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