The Burning
for Incognito Theatre
Conceived by Roberta Zuric
Written by Zoë Guzy-Sprague and the company
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
Good witch. Wicked witch. White queen. Red queen. Maternal. Frigid. Madonna. Whore. The endless female trade-off between goodness and power.
The Burning follows the lives of the women and their witch hunters in an epic story through time, history, capitalism, and the consequences of societal fear when faced with change. A formidable tale of corruption, persecution... and pure, roaring rage.
“It’s a whirlwind historical journey through the development of the printing press, the growth of the Protestant faith, the Enclosure Act with fences being built on common land, the Civil War and the rigours of the Industrial Revolution...
You have to admire the sheer physicality, singing and the vibrant, skilful movement work that makes this exciting, uplifting and hopeful production a sheer joy.”
//Photography by Mark Senior