Read by Jo Tinsey.

And so my precious child, as you prepare to spread your wings and fly,
Who am I?
When I split open and shed my Selkie skin of Motherhood,
What lies beneath?”

Solstice Stories are specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth, first performed at the Mincack Theatre on the Winter Solstice 2022. A Scary Little Girls production, presented by Rebecca Mordan, and supported by FEAST and People’s Postcode Lottery.

The Imagined story of Anne Webber, the last woman on the island of Samson, part of the Isles of Scilly archipelago.

“In my opinion, Samson got all the beauty. She’s got a tucked in waist right in the middle, as if she breathed in to wear her corset of granite.”

Solstice Stories are specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth, first performed at the Mincack Theatre on the Winter Solstice 2022. A Scary Little Girls production, presented by Rebecca Mordan, and supported by FEAST and People’s Postcode Lottery.

Read by Kate Rawson.

“Many a story begins by declaring ‘there once was a woman.’ And we know that the woman will be either a maiden in search of love, a mother protecting her clan, or a crone bent on revenge. The tale you are about to hear is different.”

Solstice Stories are specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth, first performed at the Mincack Theatre on the Winter Solstice 2022. A Scary Little Girls production, presented by Rebecca Mordan, and supported by FEAST and People’s Postcode Lottery.

Read by Shazz Andrew.

We don’t win. It’s important for you to know that. And, I mean, really know it. Get comfortable.

Solstice Stories are specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth, first performed at the Mincack Theatre on the Winter Solstice 2022. A Scary Little Girls production, presented by Rebecca Mordan, and supported by FEAST and People’s Postcode Lottery.

Read by Bobbie O’Callaghan.

“Precocious. I remember the feeling when they said it … shame, deep in my bones. They used to say I just needed someone to put me back in my box, back in my pram. Do we ever call boys precocious?”

Solstice Stories are specially commissioned stories about Cornish heroines of witchery and myth, first performed at the Mincack Theatre on the Winter Solstice 2022. A Scary Little Girls production, presented by Rebecca Mordan, and supported by FEAST and People’s Postcode Lottery.