Dirty Vicar or Good Samaritan? The curious, true story of the eccentric rector is brought back to life in the spirit of a 1930’s Music Hall show, with heart-warming songs, eccentric acts, comical turn

Disgraced by the establishment for ‘saving the souls’ of Soho prostitutes, Rev Harold Davidson protested his innocence throughout his trial and long after he was defrocked by the church for immoral behaviour. But what happened to the woman who spoke against him, 17-year-old Barbara Harris? Why did the tap-dancing, cigar smoking Rector spend the rest of his life as a carnival sideshow? And what about his absurd and tragic end, mauled to death in public by Freddie the Lion during an act in a cage in Skegness? Find all the answers to these and many others in the superb ‘The Missionary’s Position’.

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COMPETITION: 1x Pair of tickets to attend Penny Dreadful: ‘The Missionary’s Position’ at Hoxton Hall at 19:00 on Thu, 11th June.

To claim your tickets, send an email with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: As you may know, there is a popular British television series on BBC depicts that features a fictional vicar. That’s right, The Vicar of Dibley is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted the Rev. Joy Carroll, one of the first female priests, and garnered many character traits and much information. Which year did the Church of England that permit the ordination of women?

A: 1) 1990 .2) 1992 .3) 1995 .4) 1999


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