A radical adaptation of the DH Lawrence novel by Nicola Werenowska produced by Perth Theatre as part of the British Council UK/Poland season 2025
This groundbreaking adaptation by award-winning neurodivergent playwright Nicola Werenowska, recipient of the Peggy Ramsay/Film 4 Award 2023, will focus on the women at the centre of this rich work. Told through interweaving lyrical narration, compelling dialogue, live music and movement, this high energy ensemble piece paints a colourful picture of female emancipation, class struggle, gender and migrant identity; reminding us that it is only when we embrace the past that we discover who we really are.
27 FEB – 8 MARCH 2025 PERTH THEATRE, SCOTLAND
CAST Laura Andresen Guimarães, Rebecca Brudner, Jessica Dennis, Nicholas Goode, Lee Rufford, Kate Spiro
Writer (Book & Lyrics) Nicola Werenowska
Director & Dramaturg Jo Newman
Designer Verity Quinn
Lighting Designer James Mackenzie
Video & Creative Captioning Designer Ben Glover
Composer and Musical Director Ela Orleans
Associate Musical Director Laura Andresen Guimarães
Vocal Captain Jess Dennis
Sound Design Adam Tucker
Dialect Coach Ros Steen
Polish Translation Magdalena Dubanowska
Production Photographer Mihaela Bodlovic
Producing Consultant Hetty Shand
Research and Development supported by Arts Council Project Grants, The Mercury Theatre Colchester, Graeae Theatre, Colchester Arts Centre, Zoo Venues, North Wall Oxford, Finborough Theatre, Kresy Family, Nina Finbow and the Centre of Migration Studies at Essex University.
★★★★ a beautiful bilingual work…directed with tremendous lyric feeling by Jo Newman…on a beautifully lit shifting set, Werenowska’s play perfectly captures the abstract and sometimes visionary quality of the ideas about love, society and sexuality that Lawrence explores in his novel, with its still-revolutionary focus on the nature and power of female desire
The Scotsman
★★★★ Werenowska and Newman have unearthed the book’s feminine pulse to create a much more dramatically fluid affair
The Herald
★★★ Newman directs a uniformly high-quality cast with measured efficiency, taking the density out of decades’ worth of story without losing the gravitas
The Stage
★★★ Werenowska pulls the focus sharply on its three central women and their passage towards modernity…in Jo Newman’s fluid production
The Guardian
We’re planning a UK tour in 2026. For future partnership/touring enquiries please contact Nicola Werenowska
jonewmandirector.com 
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