The Ballad Of Martha Brown

Angel Exit’s latest original drama is based on the life and times of Martha Brown, the last woman publicly hanged in Dorset, in 1856.

It is a tale of jealousy and passion; 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 inventive storytelling and striking physicality, this show is spliced through with wicked humour, an original score, live music and macabre songs.