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Poisoned Beds – a gripping one-woman one-act show exploring power, betrayal and psychological drama at Cranleigh Arts.
Performed by: Paula Tinker
Writers: Lucy Flannery & Greg Mosse
Music: Original compositions by John Gleadall
Not surfers but Suffragettes against sewage!
An Edwardian woman’s fight for freedom, justice and unpolluted waters. 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?
It’s December 2018 and 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. Elizabeth recounts her captivating story of one woman’s personal liberation set against the fight for suffrage and the death of the Victorian oyster industry.
Poisoned Beds is a collaboration between two highly-regarded theatre writers and will delight audiences with its clever combination of comedy and sadness, sharp dialogue, unexpected plot twists and wonderfully witty lyrics.
"A fascinating play, excellently performed by Paula Tinker…..enjoyable musical numbers, which fit very well with the play, with sea shanties and musical theatre songs" London Pub Theatres