Lynx Theatre and Poetry

We were very sad to hear of the death of Rita Pankhurst, widow of Sylvia Pankhurst’s son Richard, at the age of 92. Rita, together with Richard, was enormously helpful and encouraging to Lynx Theatre and Poetry when we were planning Sylvia back in 1987. Rita was particularly helpful, as Head of the Library Services at the City of London Polytechnic, in showing us sources of information about Sylvia Pankhurst. Before leaving for Ethiopia in 1987, Rita asked William Alderson a

We had another full house for Sylvia at the Cheviot Centre after our performance at nearby Yetholm and a half page on the play in the Berwic

We had a lovely audience for our first visit to Scotland with Sylvia on Thursday 8 March. With snow drifting waist-high the previous weekend, we arrived to find we had a trial by flood water before we crossed the border, but there were no unexpected dips or pot holes, so we did get through without any real problem. The countryside was beautiful – woods and hills high-lighted by the melting snow. Part of the journey we will do again, as we are performing at Wooler on 9 March,

On the eve of the 2018 Sylvia tour, we have had lots of really good news! Sold out in Salford A friend phoned us to tell us that she had been unable to get a seat to see Sylvia at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford on 3 March. They only started to publicise the performance on Monday of this week, advising people to book seats. Now the places have all gone – and even the waiting list is nearly full! The performance is not until 3 March, so we have asked about organi

... a perfect combination of words and pictures." So said one member of the audience at the Museum of Wigan Life on International Women's Day. At Stoke-on-Trent, Thomas Hammersley came along to the “packed” performance at the impressive Potteries Museum and Art Gallery and posted a story on the StaffsLive website. He also included this picture of the new ‘old’ look in performance. Gone is Jackie’s curly red hair and jolly clothing, and here is the formal suit and short grey h

The latest news on SYLVIA by Jacqueline Mulhallen, the play about Sylvia Pankhurst. Produced by Lynx Theatre and Poetry, the spring tour of

Downham Market people have helped Jacqueline Mulhallen make Lynx Theatre and Poetry's production of SYLVIA true to the older Sylvia Pank

We had been delighted to get a New Year message from Richard and Rita Pankhurst saying: ‘Great news about the Sylvia tour’, and we look forward to living up to their hopes. We certainly think it is great news to be touring again too! At the same time, we were very saddened to hear of Richard's recent death, and we have added a statement about this on our Home page. We have also decided that the performances on this spring tour of SYLVIA will be dedicated to him. We are giving