Details

One life in the hands of 12 women. 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 12 matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.

Cast/Performers

Heather Campbell-Ferguson (Sally Poppy), Ffion Eleri Evans (Hannah Rusted), Yasmin Connolly (Judith Brewer), Catherine Attwood (Charlotte Cary), Rosie Walker (Mary Middleton), Amy Dewsnip (Peg Carter), Jess Perillo (Helen Ludlow), Elizabeth Meadows (Emma Jenkins), Claudia Whitby-Tillott (Elizabeth Luke), Ella Ironside (Kitty Givens), Frankie Lipman (Sarah Smith), Maia Mackenzie (Ann Lavender), Amelia Simpson (Sarah Hollis), John Smullen (Mr Coombes), William Meek (Frederick Poppy / Justice / Dr Willis), Amy Dewsnip (Lady Wax)

Creatives/Company

Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Presented by: Manchester School of Theatre
Director(s): Fiona Buffini, Izzy McKenty (assistant)
Design: Sascha Gilmour
Lighting(s): Doug, Douglas Kuhrt