Peter Barratt gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother's hard fought campaign for the right to vote over a 100 years ago. A shoe machinist by trade, lifelong socialist and mother of six, Alice Hawkins formed her city suffragette branch in 1907 following her arrest outside Parliament and imprisonment in Holloway Jail. Centenary year opened in 2018 with the unveiling of a statue of Alice, together with her original suffragette memorabilia loaned to Parliament for their summer 'Voice and Vote' exhibition. Sister suffragette Ruth Pownall adds true theatre to an unmissable spoken word show. Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show 2019.