hussy by pelican daughters
Dates: 14 - 23 January 2027 @ 8pm (EXTRA SHOWS: 6pm on 15th & 4pm on 23rd)
Ticket prices: £15
Running time: TBC
Age guidance:15+
Access information: Bold Theatre is wheelchair accessible via our lift, if you have any access requests please email tickets@boldtheatre.com.
Covent Garden, 1772. Sex sells. Scandal spreads. And someone's got some explaining to do.
When a courtesan, a harlot and a runaway find themselves locked up in a filthy London prison cell, they discover they have one thing in common: they're featured in the Harris List of Covent Garden Ladies. The scandalous publication has become London's most notorious pamphlet, promising its readers an intimate glimpse into the lives and charms of Covent Garden's women.
But not everyone is thrilled to see their name in print. Now, with the three women behind bars and the authorities determined to unmask the List's mysterious authors, accusations fly, loyalties shift and secrets threaten to spill. And when your livelihood, your reputation and your freedom are all on the line, keeping your mouth shut might prove harder than getting out.
Inspired by the real women of Georgian London, HUSSY is a riotous, fierce and darkly comic new play about sex, secrets and the price of survival.
Directed by Sofia Gallucci and produced in association with Bold and in partnership with Natasha Ketel Productions, HUSSY reclaims forgotten stories through a bold, contemporary female lens. Over 250 years since its first publication, the Harris’s List will finally have its reckoning, as long-buried truths are reimagined and laid bare on stage
about pelican daughters
Pelican Daughters, a new production company founded by Sofia Gallucci and dedicated to uncovering remarkable stories about everyday women lost to history, announces its inaugural production in association with Bold Theatre and Natasha Ketel Productions, HUSSY. A darkly riotous play inspired by the real women of the Harris List of Covent Garden Ladies, Georgian London’s most notorious guide to the 18th-century sex trade, HUSSY will play at Bold Theatre from 14th to 23rd January.
