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Shakespeare's Mad Women

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Juliet is about to kill herself.

All Lady Macbeth and Ophelia can do is watch and wait for her to arrive. The three women reside alone in a forgotten wasteland which abides by no rhyme or reason; their only knowledge that they all got there by the same route.

Together they play cards, drink moonshine from teacups, and piece together the remnants of their pasts to find out: exactly why have they all been put there? Is there a way out? And exactly why was Hamlet so obsessed with himself that he failed to notice anyone else around him was more than one dimensional?

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Following a successful stream of performances throughout 2018, Lady Garden Theatre Company are bringing Shakespeare's Mad Women back for 2021, with a bold and fresh take on the 'what if' behind three of Shakespeare's most famous female characters, and why artists so easily reduce female characters to no more than 'mad women'.

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Written & Directed by Lady Garden's Artistic Director -

Abigail Smith (she / her)

Cast: 

Holly Cuffley (she / her) as LM / Lady Macbeth 

Megan Noakes (she / her) as O / Ophelia 

Gala Wesson (she / her) as J / Juliet 

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Creatives: 

Gabrielle Pausey (she / her) - Producer

Venus Raven (she / her) - Lighting Designer & Technician

Raff Blacknell (they / them) - Rehearsal Photographer 

ABIGAIL SMITH

HOLLY CUFFLEY

MEGAN NOAKES

GALA WESSON

DIRECTOR & WRITER

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LM / LADY MACBETH

O / OPHELIA

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J / JULIET

Special thanks: 

David Brady & Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Wildcard Studios, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company, Jackson's Lane, Zatere, Jon Holloway and everyone who has supported us along this journey. We would not be here without you all and are so excited to *finally* share the Mad Women with you. We hope you enjoy!