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The Ballad Of Martha Brown
Expect the unexpected in Angel Exit's latest original drama based on the life and times of Martha Brown, the last woman publicly hanged in Dorset.
1856. A tale of jealousy and passion. An ordinary woman and her ordinary husband, a hatchet grabbed in haste, a murder, a wrongly accused horse, a black silk dress, the hangman from London and the mob at the hang-fair who gawp in glee.
Presented in the company's rich visual style, blending storytelling and striking physicality, this show is spliced through with wicked humour, an original score and macabre songs as a grim chorus of hollow-eyed storytellers invite you into their mysterious world where reality and fantasy blur as the events of Martha's life are played out under the constant stare of the gallows above.
Angel Exit Theatre
Theatre company comprising co-Artistic Directors Tamsin Fessey (Founder) and Lynne Forbes together with long-standing artistic associates. Angel Exit…
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Swindon Arts Centre
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- 01793 524 481
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Angel Exit Theatre image © Angel Exit
Swindon Arts Centre
- Disabled Booking:
- 01793 524 481
See all events at Swindon Arts Centre