Details

When she was little, she was so happy. I know everyone says that. I do. She can't stay awake. - She sold drugs. - She's good at interrogations. - She drinks in the mornings. - She ate a rabbit. - She smashed up a shop. - She stabbed a man. - She used a hammer. - She had a baby. - She can't find her mother. - She's covered in blood and doesn't know why. This striking new play from Alice Birch, directed by Maria Aberg, takes a kaleidoscopic view of what happens when a woman goes to prison. BLANK] receives its full-length premiere to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Clean Break, the leading theatre company working with women affected by the criminal justice system.

Cast/Performers

Ayesha Antoine, Shona Babayemi, Sophia Brown, Jackie Clune, Grace Doherty, Lucy Edkins, Zaris-Angel Hator, Zainab Hasan, Joanna Horton, Thusitha Jayasundera, Petra Letang, Leah Mondesir-Simmonds, Kate O'Flynn, Ashna Rabheru, Jemima Rooper, Taya Tower

Creatives/Company

Author: Alice Birch
Producer(s): Donmar Warehouse, Clean Break
Director(s): Maria Aberg, Ayse Tashkiran (movement director), Anna Cooper (casting director)
Design(s): Rosie Elnile, Heta Multanen (video)
Lighting: Jess Bernberg
Sound: Carolyn Downing