by Sarah Gordon
22-25 April 2026, including Saturday matinee
Directed by Carole Shinkfield
With Emily Duffy, Miranda Chance, Laura Elizabeth, Tom Lilly, Gareth Leadbetter, Paul Roman, Daniel Tolley, and Steve Bird.
Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.
This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.
Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.
Director Carol Shinkfield said: "They were the feminists of their time and I love the sense of anarchy within the play, which has allowed us to explore and subvert the traditional view of the Brontë sisters." (...)
Quick-witted in tone, the piece dismantles the notion of the Brontës as reclusive and reserved, instead presenting them as progressive thinkers navigating the challenges of a male-dominated literary world.
Carol, who recently completed an MA in theatre directing at the Arden School of Theatre, brings a fresh perspective to the show. (Jessica McKeown)
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