Escaped Alone

by Caryl Churchill • directed by Rachel Vernelle
Wednesday 1st – Saturday 4th May 2024
The Carriageworks Studio
  • Wednesday 1st May 2024 • 7.45pm
  • Thursday 2nd May 2024 • 7.45pm
  • Friday 3rd May 2024 • 7.45pm
  • Saturday 4th May 2024 • 2.00pm

“Only I am escaped alone to tell thee” – Book of Job

Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the garden, sipping tea and shooting the breeze. They discuss their families, favourite TV shows, dentistry, the magic of mobile phones and particle physics. But something darker is simmering under the tea and biscuits, with premonitions of catastrophe and man-made disaster.

Caryl Churchill defies convention with her characteristic wry humour: Sally, Vi and Lena chat, reveal crippling anxieties and debate the difference between gannets and cormorants, while Mrs J delivers bleak missives from humankind’s downfall.

Sugar anyone?

Escaped Alone’s director Rachel Vernelle introduces us to Caryl Churchill’s offbeat play and discusses the fun and challenges of staging the piece.

Pam Wilson talks about playing the Cassandraesque figure of Mrs Jarrett – an outsider who brings apocalyptic missives to a sedate garden party.

Jo Scott talks about playing the retired GP Sally, who has a helpful spirit and an unusual phobia.

Get involved

Escaped Alone now has a full cast and crew, but please contact us if you’re interested in being involved in one of our future productions.

Booking tickets

Tickets for Escaped Alone are on sale now, available from the Leeds Ticket Hub and, before performances, from the Carriageworks Box Office in the Electric Press building on Millennium Square. Please book your tickets online, or by telephoning 0113 376 0318 between 12 noon and 5pm, Wednesday to Saturday.