AWAKEN written by Cheryl Prince

AWAKEN

The first in a trilogy of plays spanning lifetimes and realities,

bursting with magical realism and supernatural storytelling.

Beginning in 1653, AWAKEN delves into the life of a maidservant who has her world threatened by the raging persecution of women as witches.

Fast forward to 2023: the past refuses to remain buried and seeps into the life of Sarah, a palliative care nurse and medium, who is brought to the bedside of Henry Husk and is catapulted towards redemption.

Written by Cheryl Prince with the aim to create a movement to remember the cunning folk, mediums and healers who were killed, or had their livelihoods destroyed due to witch persecution.

Placing Magic back in the hands of HEALERS, not HARMERS.

AWAKEN had a filmed script in hand reading at Beacon Arts Centre on Earth Day 2022 and was launched online for a short period for the Summer Solstice.

AWAKEN has received generous support from Beacon Arts Centre, the Park Theatre, The Actors Temple and Arts Council England.

"A play like no other. All the healing that's happened and is happening. There are so many symbols and deeper meanings to take away and digest. What a huge achievement to bring it to life for us."

Eimear Stassin, Worldwide Witch Summits

"A visceral piece of work"

David Knight. Head of Curriculum at Central Film School

"A wonderful play and an inspiring innovative way to tell the stories of the accused."

Mary Craig, Historian & Writer

"Awaken is one of the most powerful, raw, humbling and transformative journeys, touching the Witch Wound so deeply and honourably and rousing the sacred rage of the feminine ready to midwife a new world."

Kimberley Jones, Healing the Witch Wound

'Awaken is Cheryl Prince's masterful exploration of witches...Magical, frightening, passionate and always surprising, this play pulses with a compelling and irresistible heartbeat.'

Laura Lundy,

Blue Panther Productions

'Awaken disorientates through familiarity, it connects the past to the present to incisively teach us about how we live now'

Katrina Marchant-Stone. Post Doctoral Researcher, Globe.

AWAKEN is now ready to be staged in places and spaces where witch persecution was rife, along ley line portals where magic was abused and where many of the cunning folk previously lived and worked to protect their communities from harmful magic. The play is being offered not only a story, but as a healing container and soul activation.

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