Mary the mother of Jesus - virgin, icon, teenager, impossible saint, woman of daring...
All these aspects of Mary are expressed in the thoughts and words of women and girls living today...
The myriad legends and religious traditions associated with Mary have long obscured the young woman from Nazareth more than 2000 years ago. Its impossible for anyone today to know just what she would have been like.
But Mary was as real as any woman today.
This project is a gathering of monologues - the real thoughts of multiple real Marys. They are deliberately contradictory and paint her in many different lights. Somewhere in between, we hope to catch glimpses of the real Mary.
Inspired by poems about Mary by Nicola Slee, most of the monologues we perform are written by members of the company, aged 7 to 77. Many have never written anything before, nor performed in public. If you are inspired to write something for this project we would love to hear from you...
We hope to add several new voices... perhaps yours?
Contact us with a few sentences of your thoughts...
All these aspects of Mary are expressed in the thoughts and words of women and girls living today...
The myriad legends and religious traditions associated with Mary have long obscured the young woman from Nazareth more than 2000 years ago. Its impossible for anyone today to know just what she would have been like.
But Mary was as real as any woman today.
This project is a gathering of monologues - the real thoughts of multiple real Marys. They are deliberately contradictory and paint her in many different lights. Somewhere in between, we hope to catch glimpses of the real Mary.
Inspired by poems about Mary by Nicola Slee, most of the monologues we perform are written by members of the company, aged 7 to 77. Many have never written anything before, nor performed in public. If you are inspired to write something for this project we would love to hear from you...
We hope to add several new voices... perhaps yours?
Contact us with a few sentences of your thoughts...