The Welkin

The Sinodun Players present The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood.
Directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace, with music composed by Alex Rimes

Wed 18 Oct 7.30pm       Book Now
Thu 19 Oct 7.30pm       Book Now
Fri 20 Oct 7.30pm       Book Now
Sat 21 Oct 7.30pm       Book Now

Duration: 150 mins. Timings to be confirmed
All tickets £12

“A Woman’s Work is Never Done”

First performed at the National Theatre in 2020, Lucy Kirkwood’s acclaimed play The Welkin is set in 1759 on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, while England awaits the return of Halley’s Comet. 

The play tells the story of Sally Poppy, who has been convicted of murdering a child. Sentenced to be hanged, Sally pleads pregnancy. If true, this would save her and her sentence would become her transportation to the Colonies. To determine if she is with child, twelve matrons are pulled away from their housework to form a feminist version of Twelve Angry Men’s jury.

The Welkin explores what it is to be a woman and deal with all the challenges of the female body, from childbirth to menopause.  The play draws parallels with the modern world in its observation that “a woman’s work is never done”.

Lucy Kirkwood is a winner of Best New Play at the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards (Chimerica) as well as the Critic’s Circle and Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Writer’s Guild Best Play Award (The Children) and has been nominated for a Tony Award and Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award. Her works include plays for The National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre, Gate Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club. 

Contains scenes of a violent and distressing nature, including domestic abuse and miscarriage, descriptions of hanging and sexual assault, child death, and strong language.

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