1896. Girton College, Cambridge, the first college in Britain to admit women. The Girton girls study ferociously and match their male peers grade for grade. Yet whilst the men graduate, the women leave with nothing but the stigma of being a ‘blue stocking’ – an unnatural, educated woman. They are denied degrees, and go home unqualified and unmarriageable. Blue Stockings follows Tess Moffat and her fellow first years as they fight for their right to graduate. Little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide and the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. It’s a witty, moving, and thought-provoking story about ambition, love, and the courage to challenge societal norms. It’s fiction – but based on real people and events.
Venue: Burgess Hill Theatre, Church Walk, Burgess Hill, RH15 9AS.
Dates: Wednesday 15th April 2026 – Saturday 18th April 2026 (7.30pm plus 2.30pm on Saturday).
Tickets: £15 including a programme (online booking fee applies). Avoid the fee by visiting the Box Office on Church Walk (open 10am-12pm Saturdays).
This production contains references to adult subject matters. Blue Stockings is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
For enquiries, or to book over the phone, call the Box Office on 0333 666 3366 (calls charged at local rates).
