Cleansed

2012 V36

Rummage Theatre / A LEAP Theatre Project

1998. The last Magdalene laundry has closed. Mother Brigid, a lonely old lady sits in a retirement home with her brusque carer. It soon becomes clear their relationship is not what it seems. The laundries were institutions for fallen women who were incarcerated to wash their sins away. How did society fail generations of women by allowing them to be wrongfully imprisoned and brutalised? What has happened to the survivors, victims coping with life in the aftermath of these traumatic experiences? Rummage Theatre/a LEAP Theatre project, inspired by real life stories, debuts with a poignant, thought-provoking drama.

This show was part of our 2012 season