Poisoned Beds
Not surfers but Suffragettes against sewage! Who would have believed that 120 years ago local water companies would pump untreated sewage into Emsworth harbour, the famous home of the finest oyster beds in Europe?
This is the captivating story of an Edwardian woman’s personal liberation set against the fight for suffrage and the death of the Victorian oyster industry.
Sussex actress Paula Tinker gives a virtuoso performance in this superb one-act script by Lucy Flannery & Greg Mosse, which will delight audiences with its clever combination of comedy and pathos, sharp dialogue, unexpected plot twists and with wonderfully witty lyricsin the original songs accompanied on stage by composer John Gleadall
The show is set in December 1918. Elizabeth Wells is preparing a concert to celebrate women’s suffrage and the end of the Great War. But she cannot celebrate the future without reconciling herself to her tragic past.
After a short interval there will be a chance for the audience to join in more ‘songs of the sea’ and have an informal chat with the performers.
