A Tryal of Witches
What led to one of the most shocking witch trials in British history. The trial in Bury St Edmunds was the first time women were convicted using ‘spectral evidence’ – the belief that witches could be in two places at one time. A new play with original music composed by the band, TRILLS
East Anglia, 1645, a hot and stifling Summer. The air is thick with paranoia and superstition. Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed Witchfinder General travels from village to village telling all who will listen about the power of the devil and the prevalence of witches. As the bloody battles of the civil war draw ever closer, the crops fail and a man drops dead in the alehouse. A moral panic sets in, they need someone to blame. Far from being a trial of witches, this was a trial of women.
Creative Team
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Owen Calvert - Lyons
Director
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Tallulah Brown
Playwright
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Jessica Curtis
Set & Costume Designer
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Seraphina D’Arby
Composer
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Sundeep Saini
Movement Director / Choreographer
Production Photos
Reviews
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“an enthralling memorial to Suffolk’s persecuted women“
Cast
About Sunny
Sundeep Saini is a movement director and choreographer passionate about driving narrative through physicality. She has worked with; children from 3 years old up to adults, community ensembles and professional companies, actor-musicians, classical actors and musical theatre performers, people with and without disabilities and strives to push them all to reach their full potential in both technique and performance.
She is a creative with a keen focus on embedding a movement vocabulary into a piece and strives to build character, narrative, musicality and production style whilst pushing the boundaries of choreography and movement.