Silence

The Mercury Theatre Colchester, Wiltshire Creative and Unity Theatre Liverpool are to co-produce Nicola Werenowska’s new play Silence. Runner-up in the inagural Mercury Theatre playwriting prize with her play Hidden, Nicola Werenowska will debut her latest work at the Mercury Theatre Colchester before it embarks on a UK Tour. Silence is a three-hander exploring the inter-generational effects that the Soviety war has had on Polish families. For the production Tina Gray will play Maria, Kate Spiro will play Ewa and Maria Louis will play Anna. What holds families together? What tears them apart? What’s brewing in the silences? 1996. London. It’s Ewa’s birthday. Her daughter Anna is coming home from university with a secret to share but Maria has some news of her own. As wartime memories of Siberia resurface, old steps are retraced to uncover the secrets of the past and a Polish heritage that unites and divides them. … Read more