Everything is Possible: The York Suffragettes

Jun 21, 2017

1h 50m

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We raised the purple, green and white flags and cried "Votes for Women!"

Overview

It is 1913. Women across the country, outraged by inequality and prejudice are beginning to rise up and demand change. In York, a revolution is about to take place as an ordinary Heworth housewife risks her life and her family to join the fight. And she's not alone. Across the city, women run safe-houses, organise meetings, smash windows and fire-bomb pillar boxes. It's dangerous, it's exhilarating, it's ground-breaking: and in 2017 the amazing story of York's suffragettes will be told for the first time. Everything is Possible is York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre's latest large-scale community production. The play was performed on a spectacular scale with a cast of around 150 and a choir of 80. The performance started outdoors before moving onto the stage at York Theatre Royal. We raised the purple, green and white flags and cried "Votes for Women!" to sold-out audiences.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Pilot Theatre

Everything is Possible: The York Suffragettes Trailers

Cast

Annie Seymour Pearson

Barbara Marten

Mabel

Beth Sitek

Lilian Lenton

Annabel Lee

Leonora Cohen

Loretta Smith

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