Footlights Theatre

As the result of a witches curse, a baker and his wife are childless. To reverse the curse, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will restore the witches beauty: a milky-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red…

First published in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper is a seminal work of feminist literature which explores domestic issues, such as the misdiagnosis of 'female hysteria' and the wider social and psychological implications of this. This adaptation sets the story in the 1950s; a rapidly changing social climate paralleling the…