Fanny and Faggot

A two-part play presenting two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old Newcastle girl who was convicted of the manslaughter of two toddlers in 1968.

In the first part, Two Little Boys, two actors play childish games that gradually reveal the facts of the case, stepping in and out of several roles including judges, parents and abusers.

The second part, Superstar, takes place ten years later in 1978. Mary and a friend from the open prison where she is serving her sentence...