The Petty Sessions

Actual court-room re-enactments from circa 1800. The evening will bring back to life typical Petty Sessions of the late eighteenth century. Set within an atmospheric building just as it would have been. You will meet the bawdy street-walker Lizzy Shage, the charlatan fortune-teller William Powell – a notorious reoffender – and the swindled baker. Witness the shame of a fallen woman forced into naming the father of her bastard child. Our Magistrate will have his work cut out to keep the peace between the characters, the setting and you, the rowdy audience.

Presented by London Historians, University of Hertfordshire and Twisted Events Presents.