Blue Stockings
by Jessica Swale
Directed by Rachael Fraser-Bourne & Jackie Rhodes
Love or knowledge: which would you choose?’
A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.
1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet, when the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a ‘blue stocking’ – an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees and go home unqualified and unmarriageable.
In Jessica Swale’s debut play, Blue Stockings, Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide or the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. The play follows them over one tumultuous academic year, in their fight to change the future of education.
- Doors Open: 6.45pm
- Show Times: 7:30pm
- Running Time: To be confirmed
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Additional Information:
Trinity Square Car Park (directly opposite the theatre) offers free parking for holders of a Theatre Parking Pass.
The pass costs £2 and is available from the Box Office upon presentation of a valid ticket for the current season or online when booking your tickets. Once purchased, it allows you to park for any evening performance throughout the season at no additional cost.
Please note that Trinity Square is a public council-operated car park and can be particularly busy on some evenings due to other nearby events and venues. Whilst the pass permits free parking, it does not guarantee the availability of a parking space. We therefore recommend arriving early where possible. -
Further Information:
Please note that late-comers may not be admitted into the auditorium after the performance has commenced until there is a suitable break in the show and this will always be at the discretion of the House Manager.