The story of Mary Anning is a fascinating one. Well known in her lifetime, forgotten in the decades that followed and rediscovered recently, A Curious Thing – The Story of Mary Anning tells her story through song using three actresses for the key stages of her life. Being the telling of a real person’s life story, it's a historical fact to tell you that she had her ups and downs. Losing her father and it sending her family into debt, starting a lucrative fossil selling business (and becoming the inspiration behind the tongue twister She sells seashells) and constantly being frustrated that – as a woman, working class, and a dissenting outsider (a Congregationalist) – she was not allowed to join the Geological Society of London.

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A Curious Thing – The Story of Mary Anning is a show with a lot of heart, a strong message about being a woman in science (and could be expanded to capture the intersectional barriers of class and faith as well) and three beautiful voices that bring it to life.