Sophia

Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty and grew up to be a revolutionary. This Spring, Eastern Angles sheds light on her extraordinary story in Sophia.

Sophia’s father was the last Maharajah of Punjab, dethroned by the British as a child and exiled to England. The family made a home in Elveden in Suffolk, until bankruptcy and a new mistress swayed the dispossessed Maharajah to make a secret new life abroad and plot to take back his kingdom. Back in England, the young Princess faces years of loss and mourning before embarking on a life-changing journey to her family’s homeland in India. Returning with a bold new sense of bravery, Sophia uses her status to become a beacon for the fight for women’s suffrage and Indian independence.

Written by Hannah Kumari, this epic new drama tells the story of an unknown lioness of women’s suffrage and her part in some of the defining moments of British Indian history.

PART OF THEATRE CLUB:

A bit like a book club, simply purchase a Theatre Club ticket (by choosing the Theatre Club ticket type at no extra charge) and join like-minded theatre lovers in the bar for a pre-show chat.

We will provide some background to the production, the writer, the theatre company and the actors to get you started.  The Theatre Club area will be available for you to return to in the interval if you wish and, post-show, we invite you to continue the conversation at The Dog & Partridge where we have reserved a table for you. Come on your own or with a friend.