--- title: "Nuns! | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "Nuns!: A medieval comedy created by Dog Complex Theatre in collaboration with globally acclaimed Police Cops. The Place: Bavaria. The Year: Medieval. The Teeth: Rotten. Sister Gertrude wants to be the holiest nun: forgoing sin, fearing desire, yet secretly wondering what lies beneath Monk Bertram’s robes… So when whispers of witches start to plague the convent, Gertrude teams up with mysterious witch-hunter Yarrow and sets forth to rid the world of devilry and naughty lustful thoughts. Expect action-packed physical comedy and an all-female soundtrack (except that one Evanescence song where the guy says 'wake me up')." "og:title": Nuns! "twitter:description": "Nuns!: A medieval comedy created by Dog Complex Theatre in collaboration with globally acclaimed Police Cops. The Place: Bavaria. The Year: Medieval. The Teeth: Rotten. Sister Gertrude wants to be the holiest nun: forgoing sin, fearing desire, yet secretly wondering what lies beneath Monk Bertram’s robes… So when whispers of witches start to plague the convent, Gertrude teams up with mysterious witch-hunter Yarrow and sets forth to rid the world of devilry and naughty lustful thoughts. Expect action-packed physical comedy and an all-female soundtrack (except that one Evanescence song where the guy says 'wake me up')." "twitter:title": Nuns! description: "Nuns!: A medieval comedy created by Dog Complex Theatre in collaboration with globally acclaimed Police Cops. The Place: Bavaria. The Year: Medieval. The Teeth: Rotten. Sister Gertrude wants to be the holiest nun: forgoing sin, fearing desire, yet secretly wondering what lies beneath Monk Bertram’s robes… So when whispers of witches start to plague the convent, Gertrude teams up with mysterious witch-hunter Yarrow and sets forth to rid the world of devilry and naughty lustful thoughts. Expect action-packed physical comedy and an all-female soundtrack (except that one Evanescence song where the guy says 'wake me up')." --- # Nuns! [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![Nuns!](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F9d495d95-b8c3-421d-912a-60e16f415587?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # Nuns! Nuns! A medieval comedie created by Dog Complex Theatre in collaboration with globally acclaimed ‘Police Cops’. The Place: Bavaria.The Year: Medieval.The Teeth: Rotten. Sister Gertrude wants to be the holiest nun: forgoing sin, fearing desire, yet secretly wondering what lies beneath Monk Bertram’s robes... So when whispers of witches start to plague the convent, Gertrude teams up with mysterious witch-hunter Yarrow and sets forth to rid the world of devilry and naughty lustful thoughts. Expect action-packed physical comedy, and an all-female soundtrack (except that one Evanescence song where the guy says “wake me up”). 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