INTO THE PIT promotional artwork: a DIY style collage featuring a high-contrast photograph of a woman dressed as a miner. She is outlined in pink and behind her is a black and white photograph of coal. Text reads: 'INTO THE PIT. Written and performed by AK Golding. Directed by Natalie Simone.

AK Golding presents

Reclaim Festival: INTO THE PIT

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AK Golding’s debut solo show, INTO THE PIT, is an anarchic coal-mining cabaret that drags you headfirst into the grit, graft and glory of coal’s past. Part family history, part identity crisis, AK digs into what it means to come from a working class mining family while being a queer, neurodiverse theatre-making millennial. Expect high-octane skits, surreal character monologues, clowning, Billy Elliot spoofs, shadow puppets and original show tunes in a chaotic whistle-stop tour of the mining industry in the UK. Come into the pit and see if you can help bring a little light to the dark.


This event is part of Reclaim Festival, our yearly celebration of women in the arts. Featuring brilliant new writing, not-so-new-but-also-brilliant writing, workshops, music and more, immerse yourself in locally sourced female greatness, to be enjoyed by everyone.

FULL RECLAIM PROGRAMME

Age 14+
This performance contains loud noises and references to violence, death, sexual assault.

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Date
Thursday 18th Jun 2026
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