The Roses of Whitechapel

Tues-Sat at 7.30pm
Sunday Matinees at 3.30pm

Extra Matinees on Sat 27th and Sun 28th at 3.30pm.

Finally, the five victims of Jack the Ripper get to tell their story....

After the huge success of its latest show, The Three Musketeers, Spontaneous Productions return with a tenth anniversary production of The Roses of Whitechapel, a thrilling and fascinating ‘post-mortem’ of the Jack the Ripper myth.

Writers Jonathan Kaufman and Martin Stiff spent many months researching the facts of the case, soon discovering that far more is known about the women victims than the as yet unidentified killer himself. Deciding to make the victims’ story central to the play, the writers have created a piece that enables to the characters to narrate their own tale, stepping out of character to portray other figures: the police, bystanders and journalists. Only Jack remains an elusive figure, haunting the stage like a malevolent ghostly presence.

“Brilliant.” (Time Out)

“An uncompromising and unflinching post-mortem of the murders.” (The Mercury)

“An insightful piece of work that is as much a history lesson as entertainment.”(South London Press)

The Roses of Whitechapel Production Images

Photographs by Ann Pownall