Fragile Creatures: Live at the Hunterian Museum

Attendees are invited to visit the Hunterian Museum from 5.30-6:45pm before the performance starts

Across its 11 songs, Fragile Creatures invites audiences to witness key moments of strength, resilience, and rebelliousness of women through the ages.

Featuring gripping true stories — from the trailblazing Edinburgh Seven, the first women formally admitted to a UK university and the first to study medicine in Britain, to the bizarre ancient Greek belief that a person’s womb could become “angry” and wander through their body if they did not bear children, causing illness and distress.

This powerful song cycle exposes the persistent gender health gap and honours the defiant, unbreakable spirit of women across the centuries.

Part of the Hunterian Provocations programme
 

Hannah Rose Platt

Originally from Liverpool and now based in Bristol, Hannah Rose Platt is a singer-songwriter with a cinematic eye and a poet’s ear, crafting haunting, imaginative records steeped in melody and myth. Known for her flair for the macabre and her piercing narrative depth, Fragile Creatures is a concept album more visceral and ambitious than anything she’s done before.

“Exquisite, momentous, and magnificent” ★★★★★ The Morning Star
“Truly beautiful” – Times Radio