Jennie Lee
14 Jul, 14:00 | 18 / 24 / 27 Jul, 19:00
The extraordinary life of the radical MP you’ve never heard of…
In 1929, Jennie Lee left her coal-mining family in Scotland to become Westminster’s youngest MP – so young that, as a woman, she couldn’t even vote for herself.
Tenacious, bold and rebellious, Jennie cut her own path through history.
Jennie fought with her every breath for the betterment of all our lives. She believed that every person deserved their share of the fruits of the earth – for wages, health, and housing, and for art and education too.
Her role in the foundation of the Open University and the expansion of the Arts Council aided Jennie’s fight for bread and roses, and in doing so, changed the twentieth century.
Oh yes, and founder of the NHS Nye Bevan was her husband. But Jennie is no footnote in someone else’s past.
Join Mikron as we tell her story and say her name – this is the one, the only, Jennie Lee.
- This play has integrated audio description - listen to the audio description trailer and download the audio intro notes
- Touch tours are available – just ask a member of the team when you arrive at a venue
Where and when
Caversham Court Gardens, Church Road, Reading, RG4 7AD
- Sun 14 Jul - 2.00PM
The Rowbarge, Station Road, Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5SH
- Thu 18 Jul - 7.00PM
The Cunning Man Burghfield Road, Burghfield Bridge Close, Reading, RG30 3RB
- Wed 24 Jul - 7.00PM
Goring Lock, Goring, RG8 9AE
- Sat 27 Jul - 7.00PM
Watch the trailer
