Skip to content
Enjoy! - What's on

Pen Friends: 1 war, 11 women, 200,000 words

Last chance · 3 days left
Friargate Theatre, YorkFriday 5. June 2026 7pmFree
Red stage curtains
🎭 Theatre

About

In 1914, 11 girls leaving the Mount School in York invented the WhatsApp Group - a round robin notebook of letters that continued for decades, allowing us to ea…

In 1914, 11 girls leaving the Mount School in York invented the WhatsApp Group - a round robin notebook of letters that continued for decades, allowing us to eavesdrop on the lives of young Quaker women entering a world at war: fighting for suffrage, throwing themselves into social action and political activism.

Historian Krista Cowman and playwright Bridget Foreman introduce staged extracts from this unique correspondence.Free Tickets

Friargate Theatre

Lower Friargate, YO1 9SL York

Organiser

🏢

Friargate Theatre

Event ID:

Accommodation nearby

Available hotels and Airbnbs near Friargate Theatre

🔔
Get notified about new theatre in York
We let you know when something exciting is happening where you live.

Similar activities

Explore more