Everything is Possible The York Suffragettes (2017)

It is 1913 Women across the country outraged by inequality and prejudice are beginning to rise up and demand change In York a revolution is about to take place as an ordinary Heworth housewife risks her life and her family to join the fight And shes not alone Across the city women run safehouses organise meetings smash windows and firebomb pillar boxes Its dangerous its exhilarating its groundbreaking and in 2017 the amazing story of Yorks suffragettes will be told for the first time Everything is Possible is York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatres latest largescale community production The play was performed on a spectacular scale with a cast of around 150 and a choir of 80 The performance started outdoors before moving onto the stage at York Theatre Royal We raised the purple green and white flags and cried Votes for Women to soldout audiences