OUR NOVEMBER PRODUCTION

“The Gut Girls” by Sarah Daniels

The Gut Girls by Sarah Daniels, focuses on the lives of a group of women working in the Deptford Foreign Cattle Market in the early 1900’s. These women are up to their elbows in the guts of animals, working twelve or thirteen hours a day preparing meat for London’s butcher shops. They are pilloried and marginalised, though they are well paid.

When Lady Helena, a well-to-do woman decides that the Christian thing to do would be to teach these women how to act like young ladies and “improve” them, things inevitably don’t run smoothly.

The Gut Girls contrasts the bloody mess of independence and solidarity, with the apparently pristine face of upper-class life.

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This production is being directed by Justine Green using an unusual way of staging. She has brought together a cast of established Rep members and some talented younger members, some of whom have recently completed their drama degree courses. Rehearsals are underway, and the cast are working hard to bring to life, the incredible characters in this funny and touching play.