A new play from Godalming’s LynchPin Theatre celebrates the incredible storytelling of Victorian author Mary De Morgan. Inspired by her extraordinary fairy tales, The Vegan Tigress imagines De Morgan accidentally summoning a ghost. The spirit is the formidable mother of a lover Mary spurned many years before. The opposing worlds of free spirits and tightly-laced corsets collide as Mary is forced to re-evaluate her life on the eve of a life-changing journey. The play is a celebration of the art and craft of storytelling, and one of De Morgan’s fantastical (and proto-feminist) tales is woven into the drama. Playwright Claire Parker wittily shines a light on Mary and her sublime, subversive stories.

The play runs at the Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham, London SW4 6DZ from 18 February to 1 March 2025.