A new play by Deborah Clair
Directed by Dominique Gerrard
Produced by Deborah Clair and Nicholas Collett
The Special Operations Executive – also known as “Churchill’s Secret Army” or “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” – is tasked with espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in Europe in World War Two. Women are regularly recruited and sent behind enemy lines. As a wireless operator, their life expectancy is 6 weeks.
“Madeleine” is the codename for one such agent. Flown by moonlight to occupied France in 1943, her job is to keep her circuit of agents connected with London. She cannot trust anyone. Josef Kieffer, a Major in the Gestapo, is on her trail – and she doesn’t know how much time she has left. The net is closing.
Now the war is over. Vera Atkins is on a quest to find the truth. Of all the cases of her 12 missing women agents, there is one that haunts her the most – “Madeleine” – the Indian princess, Noor Inayat Khan.
This fascinating, moving drama places two remarkable women at the centre of the action.
CAST
Vera Atkins………………Deborah Clair
Noor Inayat Khan…..Natasha Jayahendry
Josef Kieffer……………Tim Marriott
UK Shipping:
International Shipping
Friday 20 May, Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere – Preview
Wednesday 25 May – Friday 27 May Rialto Theatre, Brighton
Saturday 28 May, The Old Town Hall Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead
Tuesday 31 May – Thursday 2 June, The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre, Hastings
Friday 3 June, The Quay Theatre, Sudbury
Thursday 9 June, The Spring Arts Centre, Havant (with after-show Q&A)
Friday 10 June and Sunday 12 June, The Ellen Terry Barn Theatre, Smallhythe Place
Wednesday 15 June, The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury (with after-show talk by Prof Juliette Pattinson)
Thursday 16 June, Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford (with after-show talk by Dr Kate Vigurs)
Friday 17 June – S.O.E. Livestream – The Space
Friday 17 June -Sunday 19 June, The Space, The Isle of Dogs, London (with after-show talk by Paul McCue)
Friday 24 June, Winchelsea New Hall, Winchelsea: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/545384?fbclid=IwAR0_IBmoPv-duCjS7PBOFhcfXmddB3o6dsXGxIcIooH8qLqwrOfochaLH8Y#
Saturday 25 June, Winchelsea New Hall, Winchelsea: WeGotTickets | Simple, honest ticketing | SOE
Friday 19 August – Saturday 27 August, The Front Room, Assembly, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
RUNNING TIMES
FULL LENGTH Act 1 50 mins Act 2 40 mins
FESTIVAL: 60 MINS
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
FULL LENGTH
Get in approx. 3 hours
Get out 45 mins
FESTIVAL
Get in 15 mins
Get out 15 mins
LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
General cover and 2 specials
IMAGES (Production shots will be available nearer the time)
