A brand new musical. 100 years after the first women in Britain got the vote.
The Old Vic has a 200-year history of nurturing creativity and supporting new adventures and, in celebration of this major anniversary, we proudly gave this new musical its first lease of life in collaboration with Sadler’s Wells, Kate Prince: The ZooNation Company and our co-commissioning partners, 14–18 NOW.
With her trademark combination of dance, hip hop, soul and funk, Kate Prince sheds new light on a remarkable story at the heart of the Suffragette movement.
Co-written by Kate Prince and Priya Parmar with original music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, SYLVIA celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, her pivotal role in the campaign for women’s rights and the price of the passion and politics that tore her family apart.
Supporting the Mayor’s #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign to celebrate the centenary of the first women winning the right to vote and tackle gender inequality in London.
Winston Churchill/George Lansbury
Clementine Churchill/Annie Kenney
Adela Pankhurst/Mrs Scurr
Keir Hardie/Lord Curzon
Lady Jennie Churchill/Edith Garrud/Narrator
H. G. Wells/Silvio Corio
Emily Wilding Davison/Lillie Hardie
Emmeline Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
Dance Captain
Lloyd George/Lord Cromer/Narrator
Ada
Harry Pankhurst/Sir Almroth Wright/H.H. Asquith
George Bernard Shaw/Richard Pankhurst
Christabel Pankhurst
Flora ‘The General’ Drummond
Book
Additional Lyrics
Director & Choreographer
Designer
Lighting
Sound
Casting
Musical Supervisor/Vocal Arranger
Musical Director/Band Leader
Associate Director/Choreographer
Associate Lighting
Baylis Assistant Director