Lopping Hall, High Road, Loughton, IG10 4LF

Thursday 15th January, Friday 16th January and Saturday 17th January 2026, 8pm

All seats are £14

About the play

Rural Suffolk, 1759. A young woman is sentenced to hang for murder. When she claims to be  pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons have to decide whether she’s telling the truth or simply trying to escape the noose. As Halley’s comet passes overhead and the mob bays for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with this new authority. In a time of basic medicine can they draw on their own experiences to either defend the girl or condemn her.

Startling, funny and powerful, the play mines the deep seam of the suffering of the female sex for thousands of years, forever trapped - in the eyes of men - by their biology, and how, together, they can overcome it and find themselves.

Ticket sales

Tickets for LADS shows are available in one of the following ways:

For debit/credit card bookings click here: Loughton Amateur Dramatic Society event tickets from TicketSource.

Please note a booking fee will be charged and please remember to print your tickets and bring them with you.

For phone Bookings call the LADS booking line on 07552 736 110. There is an answer phone on this number, please follow the instructions.

For non debit/credit card ticket bookings by email please complete the ticket application form accessed here: Tickets - LADS

Tickets can be collected from the front of House desk from 7:30pm on show nights. LADS are now able to take payments by debit/credit card as well as cash. Please be aware that in the event of a full house, tickets not collected by 7:55pm may be resold. Pre-paid tickets can be emailed directly, if and email address is provided on the form