by Federico Garcia Lorca, translation by Jo Clifford | Directed by Sabrina Poole
9–11, 15-18 October 2025
“If you are a woman, you are punished just by being born.”
Bernarda Alba’s husband is dead. Now she and her daughters must complete eight years of mourning. Confined physically and emotionally, they must spend their days in regimented fashion. But trapped within the walls, buried tensions and secret desires fight their way to the surface and even the strongest of locks cannot hold back the tragedy beating at the doors.
The last of Lorca’s classics, written only months before his murder, is a disturbingly relevant story of the shattering effects of emotional repression.
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| Photography: Sean Owen of Reflective Arts Photography |
"Sally Krykant is a devastating force as the tyrannical matriarch, Bernarda, who dominates the stage every time she enters.... The most nuanced and compelling performance of the evening comes from Jan Farrar as the long-serving housekeeper, Poncia. Farrar brings great range to this pivotal character... This is an excellent production that powerfully stages the inevitable explosion of repression and generational trauma. It is a compelling play - and the irony that even without a single man on stage, the consequences of the patriarch still claims the final, painful victory." April Nash, East Anglian Theatre Podcast [click here for full review]
"...very good theatre and created a sense of claustrophobia. How small worlds can oppress. Visually impactful. Do go." Jonathan
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Contains references to sexual assault, infanticide and suicide.
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