The Reincarnation of Cornelius Agrippa

1519, in the town of Metz. Cornelius Agrippa achieves the impossible: successfully defending an accused witch in court against the Inquisition. The only recorded instance of its kind in history.

Despised by the Church, reviled as a sorcerer yet revered as a scholar, doctor, soldier and alchemist. Agrippa’s legacy is steeped in shadow and controversy.

Now, over 500 years later, he has returned. And this time, he must defend the condemned again.

The play unfolds across two acts. The first reimagines Agrippa’s legendary trial, with arguments drawn directly from historical records. The second explores the devastating consequences of his defence, both for Agrippa and those around him.

Told from the present day, the story blurs past and present, with the audience drawn into the mystery of why Agrippa has returned.