Theatre is all about storytelling. Folk music is all about storytelling. And Nell Gwynne – what a story. Born into poverty (her mum ran a brothel and her dad died in a debtors’ gaol) the young Nelly was a cinder girl, a fish hawker, an orange seller but became the leading comedy actress of her day. She is perhaps best known to history as the mistress of Charles II. But is really known to us because she was funny. Samuel Pepys called her “pretty witty Nell”. Playwrights, poets and politicians – the sharpest minds courted her and were part of her “merry gang”.
This exceptional collaboration between actors and musicians comes back to Moira after a stunning success last year. We are determined to make it possible for this production to be experienced by as many people as we can squeeze in! It is a truly memorable evening's entertainment.
When you have a brilliantly written play combined with top drawer actors and some of British folk music's most talented writers and performers, you know you are onto something special!