AWAKEN written by Cheryl Prince

AWAKEN

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

bursting with magical realism and supernatural storytelling.

AWAKEN is a powerful supernatural thriller:

Sarah Reynolds, a medium and palliative care nurse, is brought in to care for dying politician, Henry Husk, who is being haunted by spirits from his past.

When Henry traumatically remembers hanging Sarah for being a Witch in 1653, he commits suicide, and his daughter, Liz - who was an accomplice to her hanging in the 17th century - brings Sarah to court on trial for Henry’s murder, unraveling two lifetimes which are fighting for justice.

Through Sarah’s eyes we discover the woman behind the label ‘witch’ and through her the lives of the long forgotten cunning folk of London. AWAKEN is partially written in the largely unknown working class language of canting, which predates Cockney.

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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