“A great performance, an intriguing story filled with much power, emotion, sorrow, depth and torment.” – Fairy Powered Productions

A new twist on one of history’s greatest mysteries…

July 1918. Tsar Nicholas II and his family are brutally executed by the Bolsheviks in
Ekaterinburg. Two years later in Berlin, a woman is pulled from a canal after a failed
attempt to take her own life and is placed in an institutional facility.
As Doctors and police puzzle over her identity, she slowly begins to reveal details about
her past that bring about the suspicion that she may in fact be the Grand Duchess
Anastasia, the heir to the Romanov fortune.
Inspired by the true story of Anne Manahan, whose thirty-year battle for recognition as
the last surviving Romanov was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the
twentieth century.
Memory, fact and fiction intertwine in this thrilling and moving play that will keep you
guessing until the curtain falls.

Jenny Seagrove (A Woman of Substance with Portman-Artemis Productions, Local Hero with Goldcrest Films, Judge John Deed with One-Eyed Dog Limited) reprises her role as Mrs Manahan, alongside Simon Shepherd (Peak Practice with Central Independent Television, Midsomer Murders with Bentley Productions) as The Inspector. They are joined by returning cast members Ashley D. Gayle and Rosie Thomson.

Jenny Seagrove said, “I am thrilled to be playing Anastasia Romanov again and to be sharing her fascinating story with audiences around the country. It is a story that gripped me from the first time I read about her and she continues to intrigue me. With a wonderful cast alongside me, I hope audiences will feel equally fascinated!”

Director Roy Marsden said “When Royce Ryton wrote ‘The Anastasia File’ in 1978 the weight of opinion was inclined to believe that the central character Anna Anderson, or as she was later known, Mrs Manahan, was indeed the missing Romanov daughter Anastasia. Then, as time went on more and more research took place, strongly suggesting the opposite. DNA testing, including samples from the hair of the Duke of Edinburgh, a distant relation of the Romanov’s, was used to provide apparently conclusive evidence dismissing Anna Anderson’s claim.“

“Nowadays we live in a more distrustful age, unwilling to accept on face value what we are fed by the media and by so called experts. I, along with others, have come to believe that the scientific evidence proving that Anna Anderson is not Anastasia is not as exact and as trustworthy as certain quarters would like us to believe. Therefore, in the absence of direct and onclusive proof, the question of whether Anna Anderson is Anastasia or not remains a mystery, a matter of personal belief.”