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The Gut Girls

Every time I think of those poor creatures my heart goes out to them.

Poor is one thing they’re not.

The Gut Girls of the Deptford Foreign Cattle Market were well-paid to do a horrible job until a local aristocrat took an interest in “improving them.” But would they rather be polite servants in good homes? And what choice did they have?

Sarah Daniels’ knife sharp dissection of Victorian women’s work offers a boisterous, funny and shocking reflection to today’s struggles for freedom and fairness.

Gut Girls was performed to the cast and crew’s friends and families, prisoners, prison staff and invited public audiences.

Written by

Sarah Daniels

Directed by

Stef O'Driscoll

Set Design by

Sandra Falase

Lighting Design by

Tony Simpson

Sound Design by

Hattie North

Choreography by