Buried Women Receives ACE Funding

We're delighted to announce that writer of The (Fletton) Railway Children, Julie Mayhew, is collaborating with us again after receiving funding from Arts Council England for our next project - Buried Women. 

Julie is now researching and writing a new play bringing to the surface the stories of East Anglia’s ‘buried women.’ 

Growing up in Peterborough, Julie heard very few stories of inspiring women from local history. So when she stumbled across a photograph of Peterborough-born Florence A Kilpatrick, a prolific sketch-writer, novelist and playwright from the early 1900s, a writer that no one seems to remember at all, she decided there was some digging to do.

Julie is now on a quest to unearth, connect and sing loud about more of Peterborough’s hidden women...

There’s Catherine of Aragon, buried at Peterborough Cathedral, who was so much more than a rejected wife of a capricious king.

There’s St Kyneburgha, a pioneering princess from the 7th century who helped shape the beliefs of our country.

And then there’s Florence, who proves that great writers can come from a much-maligned city that you pass on your way up the A1.

Keep an eye out for more information on the sharing of the script this autumn at The Undercroft in Peterborough. For more information on Julie and her work, click here to her website.