Credit: Ali Wright

He’s dead, and it’s her job to prepare and present his body for his family’s final goodbye. She often imagines what each person’s life was like. But today she doesn’t have to imagine who he is. She knows him.

Faced with the body of the man who raped her eleven months ago, When We Died is a striking new play about one woman’s choice to confront her trauma and tell her story, on her terms.

Written and performed by Alexandra Donnachie.

Directed by Andy Routledge.

An early version of the play was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2017. Extracts have been presented as work-in-progress for PILOT Nights (Midlands Arts Centre, 2019) and China Plate’s First Bite Festival (Midlands Arts Centre, 2019). When We Died will premiere at VAULT Festival 2020.

This production is supported by the Travers Foundation.