Based on the extraordinary true story of a sixteen-year-old girl who led France to victory in the Hundred Years War, Saint Joan explores power, gender and youth-led change, taking us on the journey of someone from a marginalised background impacting international politics.
As today’s world faces political unrest and war, Saint Joan speaks powerfully to a new generation challenging authority, reminding us of history’s unlikely revolutionaries.
Saint Joan will reimagine George Bernard Shaw’s classic play in a stripped-back, close-up staging, directed by Stewart Laing, with a film sequence written and directed by Adura Onashile, in a Raw Material, Perth Theatre and Aberdeen Performing Arts co-production in association with Citizens Theatre.
“Doing this huge historical pageant of a play in small theatre spaces with a cast of six is really exciting in terms of looking at Saint Joan with fresh eyes. In the 2020s we find our news feeds increasingly dominated by a world at war: what can we learn from this teenager’s battles with the powerful establishments of the military, the church, and the government?” – Stewart Laing