Details

1912. In the isolated Blackthorn House on Sussex's Fishbourne Marshes, Connie Gifford lives with her father. His Museum of Avian Taxidermy was once legendary, but since its closure Gifford has become a broken man, taking refuge in the bottle. Robbed of her childhood memories by a mysterious accident, Connie is haunted by fitful glimpses of her past. A strange woman has been seen in the graveyard; and a few miles away, at Chichester's Graylingwell Asylum, two female patients have, inexplicably, disappeared. As a major storm hits the Sussex landscape, old wounds are about to be opened as one woman, intent on revenge, attempts to liberate another from the horrifying crimes of the past. The Taxidermist's Daughter is a thrilling Gothic mystery set in and around historic Chichester.

Cast/Performers

Geoffrey Aymer (Lewis / Clerk), William Chubb (Charles Crowther), Daisy Prosper (Connie Gifford), Taheen Modak (Harry Woolston), Alastair Parker (Sergeant Pennicott / Gregory Joseph), Howard Saddler (Gerald White), Connie Walker (Jennie Christie), Pearl Chanda (Cassie Pine), Tim Frances (Frederick Brook / Levi Nutbeem), Forbes Masson (Crowley Gifford), Akai Osei (Davey Reedman), Raad Rawi (Dr Jack Woolston), Posy Sterling (Mary Christie)

Creatives/Company

Adapted by: Kate Mosse
Producer: Chichester Festival Theatre
Director(s): Roisin McBrinn, Chi-Sa Howard (movement), Rc-Annie (fights), Charlotte Sutton (casting), Aaliyah McKay (assistant|)
Design(s): Paul Wills, Andrze Goulding (video)
Lighting: Prema Mehta
Music: Sinead Diskin
Sound: Sinead Diskin
Musical Director: Sinead Diskin
Other: Charmian Hoare (voice and dialect coach)