READING’S oldest producing theatre is gearing up for its first production of 2023.
Progress Theatre is kicking off the year with its production of The Welkin in January.
The play takes place in rural Suffolk during 1759, when Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a murder.
When she claims she is pregnant, however, a jury of twelve matrons are tasked with deciding whether she is telling the truth.
The Welkin is written by British playwright and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Lucy Kirkwood.
It runs at Progress Theatre, The Mount, from Friday, January 20, to Saturday, January 28.
Progress features a number of accessible show dates, including socially distanced performances.
Relaxed performances are adapted to make provisions for families with young children and people with physical or special needs.
This includes a relaxed attitude to audience noise, adaptations to the production to reduce anxiety and sensory stimuli.
It also holds Come As You Are nights, which feature earlier opening times and space to change for trans, non-binary, or gender non-conforming people who can feel excluded or unsafe in certain public spaces.
Tickets and information about The Welkin can be found via: progresstheatre.co.uk
Information about inclusive performances can be found via: progresstheatre.co.uk/accessibility
