AWAKEN
The first in a trilogy of plays spanning lifetimes and realities,
bursting with magical realism and supernatural storytelling.
AWAKEN is a powerful supernatural thriller:
Sarah Reynolds, a medium and palliative care nurse, is brought in to care for dying politician, Henry Husk, who is being haunted by spirits from his past.
When Henry traumatically remembers hanging Sarah for being a Witch in 1653, he commits suicide, and his daughter, Liz - who was an accomplice to her hanging in the 17th century - brings Sarah to court on trial for Henry’s murder, unraveling two lifetimes which are fighting for justice.
Through Sarah’s eyes we discover the woman behind the label ‘witch’ and through her the lives of the long forgotten cunning folk of London. AWAKEN is partially written in the largely unknown working class language of canting, which predates Cockney.
AWAKEN had a filmed script in hand reading at Beacon Arts Centre on Earth Day 2022 and was launched online for a short period for the Summer Solstice.
AWAKEN has received generous support from Beacon Arts Centre, the Park Theatre, The Actors Temple and Arts Council England.
