This February, theatre company LynchPin will present a brand new play at the Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham.
The Vegan Tigress by Claire Parker tells the story of a 19th century fairytale writer who accidentally summons a ghost.
Opposing worlds of free spirits and tightly-laced corsets collide in a hilarious play which explores memory, love and legacy.
The play is inspired by the life and works of Victorian author Mary De Morgan.
A socialist, suffragist and activist, Ms De Morgan wrote several volumes of fairy tales, tearing up the rule book on expected outcomes for boys, girls and happy-ever-afters.
While they often critiqued the social and political norms of her day, Ms De Morgan’s stories bristle with imagination, opening up a world of wonderful and eerie storytelling.
In The Vegan Tigress, Ms Parker reimagines the writer’s life with a comic twist.
She said: “An almost forgotten writer, I love to imagine that Mary De Morgan’s bright intellect sowed seeds in the minds of her eminent male contemporaries whose names and legacies we do still remember.
“And that, even though she was ahead of her time, she sought to be heard through her fairy tales.
“I love to pluck inspiring women from the past and bring their fascinating stories into the light once more.”
In The Vegan Tigress, Ms Parker takes on the character of Ms De Morgan and Edie Campbell plays the ghost, Lady Tuttle, in a production directed by Tracy Collier.
The play will run from February 18 until March 1, at the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham Manor Street.
Pictured top: The Vegan Tigress (Picture: Claire Parker)