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Lucy Kirkwood

The Welkin

First Slovenian production

Director

Sebastijan Horvat

Opening night

23 March 2024
Main Stage

Duration:

165 minutes, incl. interval

Creators

Creative team

TRANSLATOR

Tina Mahkota

Drama Igralec: Tina Mahkota | odpri ustvarjalca

DRAMATURG

Milan Ramšak Marković

Drama Igralec: Milan Ramšak Marković | odpri ustvarjalca

LANGUAGE CONSULTANT

Arko

Drama Igralec: Arko | odpri ustvarjalca

SET DESIGNER

Igor Vasiljev

Drama Igralec: Igor Vasiljev | odpri ustvarjalca

COSTUME DESIGNER

Belinda Radulović

Drama Igralec: Belinda Radulović | odpri ustvarjalca

COMPOSER

Drago Ivanuša

Drama Igralec: Drago Ivanuša | odpri ustvarjalca

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Aleksandar Čavlek

Drama Igralec: Aleksandar Čavlek | odpri ustvarjalca

MAKE-UP DESIGNER

Julija Gongina

Drama Igralec: Julija Gongina | odpri ustvarjalca

ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER

Katarina Majcen

Drama Igralec: Katarina Majcen | odpri ustvarjalca

Cast

Maruša MajerDrama Igralec: Maruša Majer | odpri igralca

Sally Poppy

Nataša Barbara GračnerDrama Igralec: Nataša Barbara Gračner | odpri igralca

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Luke

Saša PavčekDrama Igralec: Saša Pavček | odpri igralca

Judith Brewer

Silva ČušinDrama Igralec: Silva Čušin | odpri igralca

Charlotte Carry

Sabina KogovšekDrama Igralec: Sabina Kogovšek | odpri igralca

Kitty Givens

Iva BabićDrama Igralec: Iva Babić | odpri igralca

Helen Ludlow

Vanja PlutDrama Igralec: Vanja Plut | odpri igralca

Sarah Hollis

Pia ZemljičDrama Igralec: Pia Zemljič | odpri igralca

Emma Jenkins

Eva JesenovecDrama Igralec: Eva Jesenovec | odpri igralca

Mary Middleton

Maša DergancDrama Igralec: Maša Derganc | odpri igralca

Hannah Rusted

Zvezdana MlakarDrama Igralec: Zvezdana Mlakar | odpri igralca

Sarah Smith

Mina ŠvajgerDrama Igralec: Mina Švajger | odpri igralca

Peg Carter

Nejc Cijan GarlattiDrama Igralec: Nejc Cijan Garlatti | odpri igralca

Frederick Poppy, The Justice, Dr Willis

Lucy Kirkwood’s career in theatre includes a significant residency at Clean Break, an English theatre company that has been collaborating with women in prison since 1979 with the aim to address issues of female criminality within the justice system. Through its various programmes, the company delves into the intersections between the spaces of theatre and the institution of prison, thus giving voice to women who, in diverse theatrical representations, share their experiences of life in prison – in relation to society, life and the legal system. The theatre company firmly highlights that the state judicial system’s attitude towards women is a major indication major that we still live in an unequal society where women are judged according to different standards.

The Welkin is set in 1759 in a small Suffolk village, where a jury of twelve matrons must determine the fate of Sally Poppy, a young woman accused of murdering an eleven-year-old child with her lover’s assistance. The all-female jury must democratically decide on the veracity of Sally’s claimed pregnancy, which, if true, could spare her from the death sentence by hanging.

In the gaps between the historical period when capitalism was established through the enclosure of public land, women’s unpaid domestic work, and the present day, we find key emancipatory questions that still trouble us. The struggle to liberate ourselves from the invisible hand of patriarchy becomes strikingly clear when viewed as imposed contradictions between ‘masculine’ science, ‘masculine’ legal systems, and ‘feminine’ witchcraft. These issues will remain ‘natural’ unless addressed through Marxist class struggle.

Sebastijan Horvat

Festival

2025

60th Maribor Theatre Festival Festival Borštnikovo srečanje

Media

SeeStage.org, 10. april 2024, Živa Kadunc

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