Theatre

MARY ANNING: Lost in Time

Wednesday 6 October 2021

A new play from AsOne Theatre Company: it is 1846, and the little town of Lyme Regis is battered by howling winter-gales. Dying and increasingly dependent on laudanum, fossil hunter, Mary Anning reflects on her life. By challenging the status quo whilst making remarkable strides in a male dominated scientific world, her work threatens to disprove the very foundations she was raised on.

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Bar opens 6:30 P.M.
Starts 7:30 P.M.
Early Bird £13.00
Advance £15.00
On the door £17.00

10% off for members

Unreserved Seating

Book online at any time, at the Lyme Regis Bookshop and Bridport Tourist Information Centre during normal opening hours, the Marine on Monday and Friday mornings 10 – 1, and over the phone on 01308 424901. The displayed price includes a £1 restoration levy.

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A new play from AsOne Theatre Company: it is 1846, and the little town of Lyme Regis is battered by howling winter-gales. Dying and increasingly dependent on laudanum, fossil hunter, Mary Anning reflects on her life. By challenging the status quo whilst making remarkable strides in a male dominated scientific world, her work threatens to disprove the very foundations she was raised on.

Mary Anning is “probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology”

Stephen Jay Gould


Haunted by hallucinations of friends, enemies and even the creatures she spent her life hacking out of the living rock, Anning tries to make sense of her existence in her last moments. AsOne bring their signature magical blend of narrative, movement, music and visuals to tell this true story about legacy and coming to terms with the past.


Written for AsOne by Peter John Cooper
Directed by Marta Vella
Music by Joe Butcher
Produced by AsOne theatre
Project managed by Jane McKell and Vikesh Godhwani

“A daring and provocative production”
Chris Aziz, audience member, on Escaping the Storm 2019

“Instructive, thought-provoking and enjoyable. Quite a combination!” Minette Walters, Author, on Passion 2014


“A theatrical treasure of the future” Marion Cox, Dorset Echo, on She Opened the Door 2010