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Sisterhood – the Healing Tour opens in Ipswich
Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/09/2019
7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Location.
The New Wolsey Theatre
Civic Drive,
Ipswich,
Suffolk,
IP1 2AS.
Event Description
New multimedia play follows the footsteps of self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins
In the 176th Century the infamous self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins waged a personal vendetta against women in East Anglia. Seeing Witchcraft everywhere he was determined to use whatever means necessary to convict and execute any woman he suspected. In just three years he was responsible for killing 60% of those executed for witchcraft in the UK.
In Sisterhood, the new multimedia play by Jolie Booth, three women, aged 20, 40 and 60 (without a virgin, mother or hag in sight) are in a church cell, on the night before their trial for Witchcraft. The play tours East Anglia this autumn.
Sisterhood is a gentle but fearless adventure into the dark heart of patriarchal rule. It is split between two timelines, taking in the history of the infamous 17th century witch trials alongside modern-day concerns as women face a world in political and environmental upheaval. Using soothing and passionate storytelling, the stories of the 17th century characters interweave with episodes from the performers own lives, revealing an immediate and clear association. The play has been likened to The Handmaids Tale – ‘but with more hope’.
‘insightful and powerful’ ★★★★★ Latest Magazine
With its opening date on a full moon and moving towards Halloween, the play undertakes a ‘Healing tour’ of East Anglia, visiting 10 of the principal locations associated with the Hopkins’ reign of terror. Booth is a local, having grown up in Braintree, Essex, and has spent the last 30 years working as a Tudor at Kentwell Hall Re-Creation in Long Melford, Suffolk.
Jolie Booth said ‘Sisterhood is a call to dis-arm the patriarchy through community, through the world-wide women’s web, to treat our-selves and each other with the respect, grace and honour that Mumma Earth – the divine feminine – requires. In the 16th and 17th Centuries women were set against one another in the notorious witch trials, and there are obvious parallels today. In creating the show I worked with an awesome team of women who have collaborated to play their parts in strengthening the bounds of sisterhood. Together we can all rise up and stand as one against a system that is corrupt, destructive, divisive and has been pushing people and the planet around for far too long…’
Sisterhood was written by Booth and is performed by Jules Craig (Marjorie), Jolie Booth (Alice) & Coco Maertens (Kitty). The play is also being published as a novel by King’s England Press.
‘a superbly written, intelligent, and essential play, masterfully portrayed by its three actresses’ Fringe Review
New multimedia play follows the footsteps of self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins
In the 176th Century the infamous self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins waged a personal vendetta against women in East Anglia. Seeing Witchcraft everywhere he was determined to use whatever means necessary to convict and execute any woman he suspected. In just three years he was responsible for killing 60% of those executed for witchcraft in the UK.
In Sisterhood, the new multimedia play by Jolie Booth, three women, aged 20, 40 and 60 (without a virgin, mother or hag in sight) are in a church cell, on the night before their trial for Witchcraft. The play tours East Anglia this autumn.
Sisterhood is a gentle but fearless adventure into the dark heart of patriarchal rule. It is split between two timelines, taking in the history of the infamous 17th century witch trials alongside modern-day concerns as women face a world in political and environmental upheaval. Using soothing and passionate storytelling, the stories of the 17th century characters interweave with episodes from the performers own lives, revealing an immediate and clear association. The play has been likened to The Handmaids Tale – ‘but with more hope’.
‘insightful and powerful’ ★★★★★ Latest Magazine
With its opening date on a full moon and moving towards Halloween, the play undertakes a ‘Healing tour’ of East Anglia, visiting 10 of the principal locations associated with the Hopkins’ reign of terror. Booth is a local, having grown up in Braintree, Essex, and has spent the last 30 years working as a Tudor at Kentwell Hall Re-Creation in Long Melford, Suffolk.
Jolie Booth said ‘Sisterhood is a call to dis-arm the patriarchy through community, through the world-wide women’s web, to treat our-selves and each other with the respect, grace and honour that Mumma Earth – the divine feminine – requires. In the 16th and 17th Centuries women were set against one another in the notorious witch trials, and there are obvious parallels today. In creating the show I worked with an awesome team of women who have collaborated to play their parts in strengthening the bounds of sisterhood. Together we can all rise up and stand as one against a system that is corrupt, destructive, divisive and has been pushing people and the planet around for far too long…’
Sisterhood was written by Booth and is performed by Jules Craig (Marjorie), Jolie Booth (Alice) & Coco Maertens (Kitty). The play is also being published as a novel by King’s England Press.
‘a superbly written, intelligent, and essential play, masterfully portrayed by its three actresses’ Fringe Review
www.kriyaarts.co.uk/#/sisterhood
Sisterhood
Kriya Arts present a ‘Healing Tour’ of locations associated with self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins for this new multimedia play set amidst the notorious 17th century Witch Trials.
Fri 27 Sep 7.45pm
Ipswich New Wolsey Theatre, St George’s St, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3NF
£10 (under 26 £5) 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk
Event Contact Information
Website Address: www.kriyaarts.co.uk/#/sisterhood
Contact Telephone Number: 01473 295900
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