For a production with a solitary cast member, Emily: The Making Of A Militant Suffragette amply supplied the charged atmosphere of revolt thanks to a taut, multi-dimensional performance from Elizabeth Crarer as Emily Davison.

Davison was the woman whose refusal to submit to an illogical and unjust political system earned her a short life ricocheting between incarceration and campaigning, before meeting her untimely demise under the hooves of King George V’s horse in 1913.

Ros Connelly’s script is ingenious. The dialogue, alongside recordings and invisible characters, lent Crarer plenty of onstage company in the form of vibrant protestors, jeering bystanders, abusive prison guards and, in tender scenes, family.

There was a brilliant moment when the utilitarian lighting style, imaginative use of props, Connelly’s ability to nail a phrase to its ideal context, and the vitality of Crarer’s delivery combined with great potency as Emily hovered over the stage-edge declaring forcefully, “In this moment, I feel free!” This conveyed Davison’s resilience and the personal liberty she found in the experience of extreme, radical action to excellent effect.

Emily is the tough and witty story of an indomitable woman. The audience, hugely impressed, were in animated discussion for some time once the house lights came up.