Alice Springs

“A ten year old girl named Alice Springer, who lived alone with her mother’s body for a month, sat silently at her funeral service yesterday. Since being discovered by social workers Alice has not spoken a single word.  No one has come forward to claim the child and it has been decided to take her into psychiatric care pending further enquiries…”

Alice Springs is performed on the set of Dogs Barking

Critics’ Choice – The Times
“The piece is littered with images striking for their violence and strange…performed with engrossing conviction and a real sense of poetry.” Maddy Costa, Time Out
“A haunting new play.” David Bridge, Methodist Recorder
“The observation is acute and the play a triumph for writer-actor collaboration” Leigh Hatts, Church Times
“Christine Way plays her with sympathy and skill. A convincing and moving piece of drama.” Tim Harrison, Kensington and Chelsea News