Reginald's Tower Prison Tales

Behind the thick walls of Reginald's Tower lie stories that never made it into the history books — until now. While working as a tour guide, Petra Kindler uncovered a trove of microfiche newspaper archives documenting the men and women incarcerated in the Tower between 1819 and 1860. Transcribed from fading columns of print, their stories are by turns poignant, tragic and unexpectedly funny — glimpses of ordinary lives caught up in the machinery of the law.

Following a widely praised outing at Booze, Blaas & Banter 2025, Petra and Frieda return with an expanded staged reading, bringing together up to five performers and a musician to give voice to a fuller cast of Waterford's forgotten prisoners. Part social history, part theatre, it's a rare chance to hear the city's past speak for itself.