One Night Only
When We Died
BY ALEXANDRA DONNACHIE.
DIRECTED BY ANDY ROUTLEDGE.
2 April 2023
Overview
“I don’t know if you’ve ever touched a dead body before, it’s a very intimate thing”
He’s dead, and it’s her job to prepare and present his body for his family’s final goodbye. She often imagines what each person’s life was like. But today she doesn’t have to imagine who he is. She knows him.
Faced with the body of the man who raped her eleven months ago, When We Died is a striking new play about one woman’s choice to confront her trauma and tell her story, on her terms.
Recommended Age 14 +
People
Alexandra Donnachie
The Embalmer
The Embalmer
Alexandra is an award-winning writer and performer. Her work includes: twenty-eight (Theatre503); 3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle (Ed Fringe 2018 & UK Tour).
Andy Routledge
Director
Director
Christina Fulcher
Movement and Intimacy Coordinator
Movement and Intimacy Coordinator
Carbon Theatre
Producer
Producer
Froud
Production Designer
Production Designer
Curtis Arnold-Harmer
Composer and Sound Designer
Composer and Sound Designer
Julia Langley
Theatre Trauma Consultant
Theatre Trauma Consultant
Sarah Shear
Movement & Intimacy Assistant
Movement & Intimacy Assistant
Media
“Donnachie is really terrific - her body turning and twisting, bending and swaying ... It’s quietly hold-your-breath gripping”
Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor.
“This thoughtful production tackles some pertinent topics firmly but also delicately.”
London Theatre 1
“The piece is delivered delicately and poignantly”
Within Her Words