Lyttelton Theatre, London
Running time: 2hr 50min (inc. interval)
Age Restrictions: To be confirmed.
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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.
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Lyttelton Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre
Upper Ground, Lambeth, South Bank,
London
SE1 9PX
One of three auditoriums at the National Theatre in London, the Lyttelton Theatre is conventionally shaped in the proscenium theatre style but boasts extraordinary acoustics and unrestricted sightlines.
Travel by train: Waterloo, Waterloo East. Nearest tube: Waterloo
