Thursday/Friday 4th/5th July see the Exeter section of
Dreadnought South West's project to commemorate the Great Suffrage Pilgrimage of 1913, with performances of Natalie McGrath's play
Oxygen at Rougemont Gardens (Thursday) and the Barnfield Theatre (Friday). The first day began with a performance of
Oxygen excerpts at Topsham Museum, and a march to Topsham station.
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| Topsham reenactment, Thursday 4th July (photo RG) |
Dreadnought South West Association is a new organisation that works with arts and heritage to champion women’s voices and stories. Its first major project celebrates the centenary of The Great 1913 Suffrage Pilgrimage and asks, ‘What is important to women today’? Part of the project is a tour of a new play, Oxygen, performing at many of the stopping places along the South West route of the original Pilgrimage. On this Exeter leg of the event, Oxygen will be performed in Rougemont Gardens (Thursday 4th July, 3.00pm and 7.30pm) and the Barnfield Theatre (Friday, 7.30pm) - see ticket information.
See the Exeter Daily - Topsham and Exeter welcome Suffrage Play - for detail on the Topsham section, which in 1913 was lead by Mrs Frood, wife of a local doctor.
See Dreadnought South West for full background and future venues (the tour of Oxygen continues through Taunton, Glastonbury, Stawley, Bristol, Bath, Corsham, Chippenham, Marlborough, Swindon, Richmond and Hyde Park.
- RG
