Apples in Winter
Written by Jennifer Fawcett
Directed by Claire Parker
Performed by Edie Campbell, OFFIE finalist Best Solo Performance 2023
In a prison kitchen a mother is baking an apple pie: her son’s last request. As Miriam shows us how to make the perfect pie, we watch her grapple to understand what happened to her son - and how that night 22 years ago changed everything. The play offers a cathartic journey into the heart of barely resolvable questions about justice, forgiveness and love.
8-30 August, 2026
Edinburgh Fringe
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OFFIE 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