Silence by Moira Buffini

Subverse Theatre presents 'SILENCE', written by Moira Buffini and directed by Freya Patience.

Playing at Brunswick Mechanics Institute, July 3rd-18th, 2026.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Winner of the 1998 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for best English-language play by a woman,

Set in England at the end of the first millennium, SILENCE is a dark comedy about survival, love, and the roles we are forced to play.

In a world of cross-dressing, hallucinogenic drugs, confused sexuality, alternative religions, and apocalyptic dreams. Viking raids threaten a kingdom already on the brink of collapse. A paranoid King Ethelred refuses to leave his bed. A disgraced Ymma of Normandy and Silence of Cumbria are forced to marry. What begins as a punishment quickly shifts into something hopeful after a life-changing revelation on their wedding night.

But events conspire to send them fleeing across a country sliding into chaos, accompanied by a priest clinging to faith, a soldier searching for purpose, and a servant longing for escape.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Not recommended for children under 12.

This production contains strong language, drug use, sexual content, violence, references to sexual assault, torture, and war.

It also features loud noises, flashing lights, smoke, and haze effects

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