Podcast preview of the new stage production of Lucy Kirkwood's The Welkin, with cast membersLucy Mabbitt (Sally Poppy) and Sarah Perkins (Elizabeth (Lizzy) Luke).
A murderer’s fate lies in the hands of 12 women. Sally has committed the wickedest of crimes but her claims of pregnancy, perhaps, demand clemency. A panel of Suffolk matrons, pulled from their everyday into the machinations of 1760s justice, must assess if she’s telling the truth.
Will she escape a hanging, be transported, or will the mob tear her to pieces? Village midwife, Lizzy might be all that stands in the way of Sally’s execution. Female wisdom and strange portents spin Kirkwood’s incendiary play into a darkly comic theatrical tapestry.
The Welkin. By Lucy Kirkwood.
Directed by Kim Dyas. Assistant Director - Veronika Wilson
25–29 March 2023
7.45pm Main Stage, Putney Arts Theatre.
Artistic Directors: Barney and Cait Hart Dyke.
Podcast Editor and Sound Designer: Nick Wells.
Music is 'At the Tropicana' by Chalalatas, license courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
Recorded at the Putney Arts Theatre.
Full Cast:
Lucy Mabbitt: Sally Poppy
Sarah Perkins: Elizabeth (Lizzy) Luke
Sharon Czudak: Judith Brewer
Louisa Pead: Charlotte Grey
Kristen Millar: Kitty Givens
Lizzie Iredale: Helen Ludlow
Lois Savill: Sarah Hollis
Zoe Thomas-Webb: Emma Jenkins
Angel Witney: Ann Lavender
Alexa Adams: Mary Middleton
Emily Dixon: Hannah Rusted
Carol Hudson: Sarah Smith
Megan Good: Peg Carter
Richard Seedhouse: Mr Coombes
Aleksei Toshev: Frederick Poppy
Ian Recordon: Dr Willis
The Putney Theatre Company at The South West End!
See us online – putneytheatrecompany.org.uk
