May Day in Coventry, 2022. Sixteen-year-old Leigh has been chosen as May Queen. She’s buzzin’, as is the rest of the city.
The cider is flowing and St George’s flag is flying – but during the day’s festivities something happens. Something disturbing, but maybe… unsurprising.
As the year moves on in the City of Peace and Reconciliation, Leigh must face up to the events of that hot May Day, and dig deep within herself to ask – how did she get here? And how does she get out?
Following it’s acclaimed premiere as part of Paines Plough’s Roundabout in July 2021, May Queen will be re-staged in-the-round in our B2 auditorium this summer.
Photo credit: Nobby Clark from the original staging in 2021.
By Frankie Meredith. Directed by Balisha Karra.
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