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The Bloody Chamber
A dark, heady and surprisingly funny re-telling of Angela Carter’s famously twisted fairy tales.
What are little girls made of?
They are made of the forest floor, the blood of the moon cycle, the fluttering of wings and the turning of keys. They are made of sweat, howling notes and desire.
They are made of all the tales our Mothers told us.
And all the ones they didn’t dare.
This erotic, heady and humour-infused feminist re-telling is performed using acro and aerial circus, physical theatre, gothic design and a haunting soundscape.
At a moment when women and men across the country confront the double standards of safety, sex, and the fears of what goes bump in the night, Angela Carter’s incendiary caustic take on fairy tales as cautionary tales could not be a more formidable challenge to the status quo.
Director Mary Swan uses circus as a physical vocabulary to translate the fantastical and lyrical fever-dream style of the macabre fairy tales to the stage.
We invite you deep into the forest for an experience you’ll never forget.
Presented by award winning Proteus Theatre.
Suitable for ages 15+ years (includes some sexual content, language and themes of gendered violence).
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Wed 21 Sept - 30 Nov (exc 26 Oct)
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