Apples in Winter

Written by Jennifer Fawcett
Directed by Claire Parker
Performed by Edie Campbell, OFFIE finalist Solo Performance 2023

In a prison kitchen a mother is baking an apple pie: her son’s last request. He has been on death row for 22 years. In a few hours the state will execute him. As Miriam shows us how to make the perfect pie, she unforgettably reveals her story and the jagged path to, and from, one act of violence. The play offers a cathartic journey into the heart of barely resolvable questions about justice, forgiveness and love.

Godalming Unitarian Hall Meadrow
18 July, 7:30pm

Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Venue 29 The Annexe at Paradise in the Vault
8-30 August

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Off West End Finalist: Solo Performance
Winner National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre and the Susan Glaspell Award
Nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn prize

“Apples in Winter is really, really good, with an immensely powerful one-woman performance from Edie Campbell that will leave you feeling shaken and devastated and furious. An absolute must-see.” Theatre Things
“a gentle domestic scene agonizingly held-fast against a backdrop of violence” Surrey Advertiser
“astonishing to watch, with a transfixing solo performance from Campbell and crystal clear direction from Parker which exudes humanity in every moment and builds beautifully to a heartbreaking climax.” Yorkshire Bylines
“Campbell gives an astonishing performance...Directed brilliantly by Claire Parker” My Family Stage