Written by:
Beth Flintoff
Directed by:
Hannah Eidinow
Dates:
20 - 22 June 2024, 7.30pm
Matinees:
22 June 2.30pm
Venue:
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre
Ticket prices:
£15 / £8
The year is 1569, and in a cold, stone room in a Staffordshire castle, a group of women sew elaborate tapestries. Rich or poor, at home or held against their will, four women’s lives intersect on the point of a needle. Embroidery is their escape, their sanity, and their expression: of love, loss, artistry and power. For these women’s stitches have the power to change not just their own lives, but the course of English history.
Running time: approximately 2 hours, including a 15 minute interval.
Please note that the roles of Elizabeth I and Lady Parry are double cast and alternated between the two actors as follows:
Imi Hasna
Thurs 20th 7.30pm perf Elizabeth I
Fri 21st 7.30pm perf Lady Parry
Sat 22nd 2.30pm perf Elizabeth I
Sat 22nd 7.30pm perf Lady Parry
Ember Grant
Thurs 20th 7.30pm perf Lady Parry
Fri 21st 7.30pm perf Elizabeth I
Sat 22nd 2.30pm perf Lady Parry
Sat 22nd 7.30pm perf Elizabeth I
Hannah Eidinow
Rhyannon Richardson
Alex Musgrave
Eamonn O'Dwyer
Bess 1, Countess of Shrewsbury
Bess 2
Rose 1, a young woman
Rose 2
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Cecily
Mary 1, Former Queen of Scotland
Mary 2
Mary Seaton
Mary Livingston
John Leslie, Bishop of Ross
Queen Elizabeth I / Lady Parry
Queen Elizabeth I / Lady Parry
Thomas, Duke of Norfolk
Lord Walsingham / The Earl of Huntingdon