The Merthyr Stigmatist

Cast: 2f

Staging: Single interior (a secondary school classroom)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 56 pages ISBN: 9781839040054Publication Date:
27 May 2021
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 56 pages ISBN: 9781788503808Publication Date:
27 May 2021
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Sherman Theatre Cardiff & Theatre Uncut, 2021

The Merthyr Stigmatist

By Lisa Parry

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Is something incredible happening in Merthyr? Sixteen-year-old Carys claims to have received the stigmata: Christ's wounds from the Cross. Are her wounds a sign from God?

Carys thinks so – she wants to tell the world and demands to be heard. Siân, her teacher, is not so sure, and believes silencing Carys will keep her safe. But can she make sense of what is happening to her student?

Lisa Parry's play The Merthyr Stigmatist is a fierce and exhilarating exploration of faith and truth, a hymn to community, and a testament to the power of young people. The play was shortlisted for the inaugural Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award, and first presented online in 2021, as a co-production between Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, and Theatre Uncut.

'I have caused what might soon be a global situation because you've stopped thinking people like me are worth hearing.'

Press Quotes

'Lisa Parry’s taut and stirring two-hander about faith and community in Merthyr Tydfil...  deeply moving... feels like its own little miracle'

Guardian

'Stylish, tense and taut... a searing two-hander'

The Stage

'A piercing authenticity... a clear-eyed and compelling dissection of where religion meets politics... profoundly moving'

Exeunt Magazine

'An urgent and contemporary voice'

Theatre Weekly

Cast: 2f

Staging:Single interior (a secondary school classroom)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,56 pages ISBN: 9781839040054Publication Date:
27 May 2021
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,56 pages ISBN: 9781788503808Publication Date:
27 May 2021
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
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