Details

It's 1837. Piano mistress Mary Frances Heaton is committed to Wakefield Pauper Lunatic Asylum after confronting Doncaster's authorities. This contemporary music and performance piece chronicles Mary's life-long struggle of telling her story to the outside world, and is based on embroidered samplers which were discovered in the asylum years later.

Cast/Performers

Red Gray (soprano), Sarah Nicholls (piano), Katie Webster

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Red Gray, Sarah Nicholls
Company: Stitched-Up Theatre
Director: Katie Webster (movement)
Costume: Rosie Whitting
Lighting: Kristina Hjelm
Other(s): Lola Spinks (textile and embroidery artist), Luan Taylor (installation / documentation artist)
Producer: Pamela Schermann