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A Tryal of Witches review " an enthralling memorial to Suffolk's persecuted women by Chris Wiegand

Theatre Royal, Bury St EdmundsAn all-female cast deliver Tallulah Brown's play about 17th-century East Anglians under threat of the self-styled Witchfinder General The past sings to the present in Tallulah Brown's new play with music, exploring the persecution of women during Suffolk's 17th-century witch trials. But Brown wisely leaves us to draw our own parallels, bucking a trend for overly didactic historical drama…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM on March 10, 2025

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