21-22 MAY, 7:30pm | 23 MAY, 2:30pm & 7:30pm

“Your skin oughtn’t to curl—ought it—when he just comes near you—ought it?”


A young woman is trapped in life’s machine, reluctantly marrying her boss whom she finds repulsive – a necessity, not love – and the days tick by in an endless cycle. One day, the woman finds passion with a stranger and longs to break free.

The woman is silenced.

The woman revolts.

Based on the true crime story of Ruth Snyder in 1928 that shook a nation, Sophie Treadwell’s seminal Machinal is a pulse-pounding journey of someone pushed to breaking point by the relentless machinery of life, expectation and convention.  

PRESENTED BY BA ACTING & PHYSICAL THEATRE
WRITTEN BY SOPHIE TREADWELL
DIRECTED BY NATALIE SIMONE

RECOMMENDED VIEWING AGE 14+
THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS ADULT THEMES, LOUD/SUDDEN NOISES, RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE.

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