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. World Premiere

Creatives/Company

Adapted by: Kate Mosse
Corporate Sponsor(s): Henry Adams, Seaward Properties
Producer: Chichester Festival Theatre
Director(s): Jonathan Munby, Charlotte Broom (movement director), Kate Waters (fight director), Juliet Horsley (casting director)
Design: Jon Bausor
Lighting: Peter Mumford
Sound: Christopher Shutt