"She dwelt in the forest; a vast place fit for her profession.

What she committed there in her time, no man knows..."

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In 1612, 80 years before Salem, witches were believed to have been discovered in Pendle, England. ‘Wytch' is based on this true story; giving a voice to the accused, and bringing injustice, misconception, and the hardest truths to light.

 

Among the ten accused witches: a noblewoman single-handedly running her late husband’s estate; four members of the same family, including a young lad with Down’s Syndrome; and those simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

With a facial disfigurement and fiery temper, Elizabeth Device was feared across Pendle. When she came to receive her trial, a key witness was brought to testify against them all... the woman’s own daughter, nine year old Jennet - who condemned twelve ‘witches’ to hang, including her own family. 

 

Were their powers real? Were they “in league with the Devil?” The audience decides. 

 

Wytch’s female-led story explores themes that are still prevalent today: the persecution of strong-willed women and anybody considered ‘different’