SARAH

SARAH - Life Turned Her That Way

A Folk-Opera of Song, Story and Survival - Born on the Kent coast in 1801, Sarah Birch’s life was shaped by seduction, abandonment and loss. Taken to Ireland as a girl and cast into poverty, she rose - against all odds - to wealth and power, becoming mistress of vast estates during one of the darkest periods in Irish history.

Feared as a landlord, hardened by circumstance, and driven by an unyielding will to survive, Sarah Kelly became both product and prisoner of her time. Her life ended violently on her own land in 1856—but her story did not end there.

Told through traditional ballads, original songs, narration, drama and movement, this compelling folk-opera explores a true Anglo-Irish life lived between ambition and consequence, mercy and cruelty—asking whether Sarah was villain, victim, or something far more complex.
Poster notes
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, WITHERNSEA
Friday 6th March 2026
Seating from 6:30pm
Performance begins 7:00pm
Tickets only
Available from Jason Lee Photography

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