In the Lady Garden at Tabard Theatre

At 69, Alice wonders if she hadn’t been expelled from convent school and had sex with Keith from the sausage rolls section at the pie factory, what might her life have been like?

Will she finally shake off the shackles of the patriarchy and live out the rest of her days with outrageous abandon?

Funny, fearless and full of heart, In the Lady Garden is a rebellious new comedy created and presented by The Lady Gardeners: Writer, Babs Horton, Actor, Julia Faulkner and Director, Deborah Edgington

Following sell-out runs, the play went on to receive rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as one of the seven selected Edinburgh National Partnership shows supported by the Pleasance and Theatre Royal Plymouth. Shortlisted for the 2024 Popcorn Writing Award, the play was also a runner-up for the Brighton Fringe Excellence Award.

The play tackles subjects rarely discussed in theatre: what it was like growing up as a girl in the 50s and 60s; the menopause and the invisibility of older women and is a reminder that middle-aged women still have empowering stories worth telling.

Join us in this rip-roaring and moving comedy.

“Very funny...brilliant one-liners...utter joy” The Spy in the Stalls

“Top-class...sharp and funny...cracking one-liners” Three Weeks

“Entertaining and heartfelt...funny and poignant. Compelling...with echoes of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads” Fringe Review

“I haven’t laughed so much in ages” Audience Member

“A wonderful exploration of womanhood...had us laughing on the edge of our seats” Audience Member

“We rarely see empowering stories from older women on our stages and this feels like the perfect production and company to make this shift” Jodie Paget – Assistant Producer (Theatre Royal Plymouth)