Janice Dunn

Berlin. Eva learns that the celebrity artist Cranach is visiting her city. A chance meeting in the market place leads to romance with the artist's son. Eva gets the chance to model for Cranach's latest painting, 'The Rape of Lucrece'. When Joachim, the all-powerful Elector of Brandenburg, sees the sketches of Eva, he wants the model. Is Cranach willing to sell the human his son loves? In an age where upsetting the powerful meant obscurity or death, what's a poor girl like Eva to do?

Neil D'Souza's new play Small Miracle, which receives its world premiere at Colchester's Mercury Theatre on 1 June, will transfer to the Tricycle Theatre from Tuesday 19 June (press night). Directed by Janice Dunn, Small Miracle is designed by Chloe Lamford, with lighting by Tony Simpson and sound by Marcus Christensen.