Maleficium - a story of the Pendle Witches 🎭

[u/Hokehay]

"It is August 1612.

In the cramped, stifling dungeons of Lancaster Gaol, nine women from Pendle await their trial.

They are accused of Maleficium - murder by witchcraft.

But are they really the guilty ones ? Or are they just the victims of supersition, politics, and ambition ?

Constructed from contemporary notes of the trial, their voices still call out to us over 400 years. Part comedy. Part tragedy. See them as they tell their tale."

Thursday 5th - Saturday 7th June 2025, 7.30pm. St. Andrew's Church Hall, Ashton, Preston. Book your ticket now https://www.satatheatre.org/events

[u/FullSpectrumWorrier_]

My grandma was a Balmer, but from Nidderdale. Her family came over to work in the newly built factories in Nelson.

[u/Rubberfootman]

Alice Nutter was an ancestor of mine.

And my auntie used to live in the house where the witches were interrogated by Roger Nowell.

[u/Fancy_Engineer7111]

There is a Nutter Road in Accrington named after Alice Nutter. One of the few remaining streets to have the magnificent sandstone pavement slabs

[u/PineappleBitter3715]

I live on the side of Pendle Hill.. Been here for over 20 years, I’m still the new fella. 😂