Overview

Synopsis

Sylvia takes audiences on a journey through the suffrage movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, told through the eyes of the Pankhurst family. Although some may be familiar with Emmeline Pankhurst, the matriarch of the Pankhurst family and forbiddable leader of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), Sylvia focuses on her daughter, Sylvia Pankhurst, and her fight for equality within the suffrage movement. With a soundtrack of hip-hop, soul, and funk, Sylvia celebrates the pivotal role that Sylvia Pankhurst played in getting women the right to vote, and how her family was torn apart by their politics.

Show Information

Book
Kate Prince
Music
Josh Cohen , DJ Walde
Lyrics
Kate Prince
Conceived By
Kate Prince
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2023
Genres
Historical/Biographical, Drama
Settings
Period, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
England, 1913 - 1928
Cast Size
large
Orchestra Size
Rock Combo
Dancing
Some Dance
Ideal For
Diverse Cast, Large Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Star Vehicle Female, Mostly Female Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Mature Adult Characters

Context

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Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Sylvia Pankhurst

Lead

Female

Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano

Emmeline Pankhurst

Lead

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano

Christabel Pankhurst

Supporting

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Keir Hardie

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Winston Churchill/George Lansbury

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Adela Pankhurst/Mrs. Bird

Supporting

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Lady Jennie Churchill/Mrs. Payne/Edith Garrud

Supporting

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Clementine Churchill/Mrs Scurr

Supporting

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Lloyd George/ Lord Curzon

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Mrs. Flora “The General” Drummond/Mrs. Savoy

Featured

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Lord Cromer/Richard Pankhurst/Alan

Featured

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Harry Pankhurst/Sir Almorth Wright/Asquith/King George V

Featured

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Annie Kenney/Norah Smyth

Featured

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Emily Wilding Davison/Lillie Hardie/Mrs. Watkins

Featured

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Mrs Parsons/Sophia Singh

Featured

Female

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Silvio Corio

Featured

Male

Tenor

Ensemble

Ensemble

Either Gender

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone

Songs

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Scenes

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Guide Written By:

Emma Houlahan

Emma Houlahan

Canadian vocalist and actor now based in London.