Mercury theatre, Colchester The targets of the infamous 17th-century 'witchfinder general' narrate a powerful play based on AK Blakemore's novel 'It does not matter what is true," a teenager tells us after giving a testimony of witchcraft against a group of women including her own mother. What matters, she says, is "what is written down". It is advice passed down to Rebecca (Lucy Mangan) by her indomitable mother, An…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM on March 5, 2026