FERODO BRIDGES, HOXTON HALL, HOXTON TRUST & HOWL AT THE MOON present: Persephone by Gianna Kiehl

PERFORMED OUTSIDE IN HOXTON TRUST COMMUNITY GARDEN (COVID19 Compliant)

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Professor Charlotte Hawthorne's students would lie, cheat and steal for her. And her brightest student, Masha Murray has done all three. When Masha arrives at her reclusive professor's estate expecting to find the Professor waiting, she instead finds the house guarded by a most peculiar Gardener. In each other the two women find potential to face either their greatest fear, or their own salvation, if they are brave enough.

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Performed at dusk in the Hoxton Trust Community Gardens, this new 1-act play - written during lockdown - explores the impact of grief and the price of believing in something unbelievable. Writer Gianna Kiehl wrote this story during self-isolation in London and Prague in order to investigate the surprising, frightening and sometimes imperceptible marks left by loneliness and loss. Feeling frustrated by the lack of stories about female relationships, Gianna wanted to explore what happens when women interrogate and challenge each other. The title Persephone alludes to the Greek myth of Goddess Demeter’s daughter whose capture by the dark lord of the Underworld, Hades, throws Demeter into despair and results in the invention of winter. The myth tells of Persephone’s return and thus the return of the Spring: pain is turned into something beautiful.

FROM OUR PARTNER: Hoxton Hall is committed to providing a platform for emerging artists to create work for our local communities. So, we're delighted to be supporting Gianna Kiehl, a local artist, on this innovative new piece of work to be performed outdoors and which will speak to many people who have experienced grief or isolation during lockdown. 

Tickets on sale April 26th.