She couldn't remember who she was, but she knew that once she had been someone important... Scraps of memory, legend, and black lace woven together to tell one woman's rags to riches story, in an evening that will take you on a romp through the folktales and cocktail dresses of 1950s Europe.
‘A complex and moving way to honour the past’
‘You held us in the hollow of your hand'
Meet the peerless knight Bradamante, fighting her way through the dilemmas that face every powerful woman.
Stories based on the Italian romance Orlando Furioso, 500 years old, but as edgy and modern as if it was written this morning. A mixture of knock-about comedy and heart-breaking tragedy, it covers subjects that were important to the court ladies of sixteenth century Ferrara: terrorism, immigration, weapons of mass destruction, and the perfect recipe for fish pie. But underneath the mad adventure and throwaway humour it raises questions about the ways women can and should wield power.
‘These may be 500 year old tales, but the combination of Marion Leeper's brilliant delivery and Jessica Law's humorous songs, make Women and Power feel fresh and relevant to our modern world. Magic is woven between these two highly skilled performers to give a wonderful evening that will make you laugh and think in equal measure’ Hannah Brailsford, Spinning Yarns Theatre
‘That was an exquisitely special evening’
‘completely bonkers’
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What comes out of the mere at dusk? What happens if you look Black Shuck in the eyes? Stories are too good to be kept just for children. Adults love an evening of stories as well, and particularly these local legends, the stories of the stones beneath our feet. From harrowing ghost stories that will keep you looking over your shoulder on the way home, to comic stories and ancient histories, all of them tell us something about the way we live now. As a previous Bard of Cambridge and Skald of Suffolk, Marion has been able to research the local legends – some old, some recent - and bring them to new and often horrifying life.
True stories from wartime lives. Find out about a time when you could play hopscotch in the streets: when washing was done in a brass copper: when young men went to war and children hid in air raid shelters, Marion recreates a picture of wartime England, as told by men and women who lived through war, peace and more changes than most of us can imagine.
'It was such a treat'
'It got us talking - we found out things in common that we'd never have discovered without your visit!'
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