Introduction
702 years ago, Dame Alice Kyteler became the first woman in Ireland to be tried for heresy. She fled Kilkenny and her servant Petronella was tortured, tried and convicted in her stead, then publicly burned alive on the main street of Kilkenny.
Publicly. Burned. Alive.
Following last year’s sneak preview, acclaimed theatre company Asylum Productions (The Big Chapel X, The Local) returns to the Festival for this epic reimagining of the Kilkenny Witch Trials.
The story unfolds over five episodes, taking place across the city throughout the Festival. They can be experienced in any order, and if you miss an episode you can catch up via the newspaper The Daily Words (available at the box office or at thealiceclub.com)
Whatever you do, don’t miss Episode 5: The Burning, a spectacular finale celebrating the life, and commemorating the unjust death, of Petronella de Meath, complete with courtroom drama, a community choir and real flames.
This is a once-in-700-year chance to experience Alice as you’ve never seen her before.
Episode 5: The Burning (The Words of Petronella)
Writer Clare Monnelly
Directors Dónal Gallagher & Janice de Bróithe
Alice may have escaped, but someone must pay for her sins, and her servant Petronella deMeath will be duly executed (after a fair trial, of course). Featuring the cast from all the other episodes, a community choir and plenty of pyrotechnics, The Burning brings The Alice Project to a powerful and spectacular close. Don’t miss the trial of the (14th) century!
The Alice Project is created by Medb Lambert, Donal Gallagher, Clare Monnelly, Janice de Bróithe, Fern Kealy, Sarah Joan Kelly. Choreography by Cindy Cummings. Music by Dave Holland. Choral Director Muireann Ryan.
Book Tickets
| Sat 15 Aug, 10.00p.m. | €15/€10 | Book Now |
