Back for a limited run at the Newington Green Meeting House - where Mary Wollstonecraft herself once attended.

Centuries after their deaths, a mother and her two daughters reunite for the first time to come to terms with their wounds, their writing, and their reverberations through history.‍

Returning for a special limited run of three performances at the Newington Green Meeting House, Mary's Daughters tells the story of Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th Century intellectual radical and mother of Western feminism, along with her two daughters: the forgotten-by- history, illegitimate love-child Fanny Imlay; and the infinitely more famous Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. This feminist ghost story plunges the audience into a fluid, poetic, whirlwind tour through the lives, legacies, and times of these three incredible women. Shaped and misshapen by each other, they swap stories and memories, each intercutting and challenging the narrative offered by another. We hear the tireless writings of a genius out of her time, two sisters trying to reconcile the emotional wounds only families can create, and the birth of an iconic monster on the shores of lake Geneva.

This play, written by Kaya Bucholc and Will Wallace, is a rallying cry for a world that centres radical kindness above all things.

Mary’s Daughters will be playing at 19:30 on Thursday 26th, Friday 27th, and Saturday 28th of September 2024. Tickets are available for £16.

To watch the show trailer, and for more info, production stills and special behind the scenes images please visit: https://www.billo.studio/projects/marysdaughters

Trigger warnings:

Suicide

Death

Death in childbirth

Child death

Adult language

References to sex

Loss of one’s mother

References to domestic abuse

Mary Wollstonecraft worshipped here at the Newington Green Meeting House in the 18th century. The Meeting House is now the home of New Unity, a radically inclusive community of love and justice. This performance is part of New Unity's new community arts programme, Arts on the Green. Arts on the Green exists to provide flexible space to radical arts practitioners bringing high quality culture to our community.

Ticket refunds are not available. Tickets may be able to be transferred to a different name or for a different performance of the same event, at the box office's discretion; please contact comms@new-unity.org at least seven days in advance of the performance.