The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Created by David Greig (writer) and Wils Wilson (director)

Performances of Prudencia Hart have sold out across Scotland and around the world, so pull up a chair and wet your whistle for an incredibly inventive and entertaining piece of anarchic theatre, live music and strange goings-on…

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Inspired by the border ballads—and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke—Prudencia’s dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

Heralded as “pleasurably interactive” by the Washington Post and “a show that deserves to tour for eternity” by The Guardian, “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” breaks down the traditional walls of theater and invites the audience to live inside the tale. With a history of selling out both at home and abroad, the show has been lauded by critics from around the world, was the recipient of a Herald Angel Award from the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and received the Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland in 2010.