Sat 14th, 1pm
Old Fire Station Studio | £8

1892, St. Giles Fair: Alice Breakspear fatally falls from the carousel, but was it really an accident?  And does anyone really care?  It was just ‘some woman’ in an act of tomfoolery after all…

2024: Nina returns to Oxford to clear out her family home following the death of her mother.  Amidst her own troll collections, boxes of unopened happy meal toys and her mother’s stash of takeaway menus, Nina uncovers more to Alice’s story than she could ever have imagined. But just why has her mother kept a box of cuttings about ‘Alice’? Intrigued, Nina plans to investigate. Tess, Nina’s younger sister, just wants the house cleared ASAP.

Is Alice’s story a convenient escape for Nina from the realities of the present, as sibling tensions simmer and old wounds surface, or does unravelling the past offer a key to moving forwards in the present for both sisters?

Inspired by real events from Oxford’s history, a carousel of writers (assembled from the first cohort of Mike Bartlett’s ‘How to Write a Play’ course at the Old Fire Station) collaborate to spin a new yarn using Alice Breakspear’s story as their springboard.

So, grab your popcorn and candy floss and come and join us for all the fun of the fair: it could prove fatal.

Collaboratively written by Lucy Brenchley, Emily Cracknell, James McDougall, Nick Myles, Liz Pagett, and Ainhoa Santos Goicoechea. 

Directed by Maya Little

Produced by Liz Pagett

Performed by Lucy Brenchley and Vicky Wild