Key information
Thursday 14 May
Corn Exchange
7.30pm, doors and bar 7pm
£15/£13 members and concessions
Seated
“ . . these learned men have sucked my brains . . “ (Mary Anning)
Meet Mary Anning, pioneering palaeontologist and the world’s greatest fossil hunter. Born in Lyme Regis in 1799 and known as ‘the lightning girl’ after surviving a lightning strike as a baby, Mary found her first dinosaur fossil at the age of 12. Her incredible discoveries revolutionised the way people thought about the evolution of life on earth but because she was a poor, working class woman she was spurned and patronised by the men of science who took the credit for her extraordinary work. However, in 2010 The Royal Society recognised her as one of the 10 most influential female scientists and her finds, now attributed to her, can be seen in museums around the world. She’s even made it to Mars ! NASA named one of their drilling sites after her as, like Mary, it revealed details of an ancient environment.
Ignored in her time, celebrated in ours, this new play finally gives Mary the spotlight she deserves !
Accessibility
Dorchester Corn Exchange has wheelchair access and toilet facilities for wheelchair users. If you have any specific requirements, then please let us know when booking tickets and we are more than happy to help.
Our bar
The fully-licenced bar opens half an hour before each performance.
Booking information
Tickets can currently be purchased online or by telephone. The telephone line is manned between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. At all other times please leave your name, telephone number and ticket requirements and we will call you back.
A £1 Future Fund levy is included in most ticket prices to support our work. This levy is included in the published ticket price. Concessionary prices (for events promoted by Dorchester Arts): where available, these are offered to under 18s, students, those in receipt of benefits and people on low income regardless of age.
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