Blood Wedding
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - Sunday, September 23, 2018
Omnibus Theatre
Celebrated Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca’s classic tragedy of familial conflict and fated love is pulled into sharp focus in this seductive and urgent re-imagining, and opens Omnibus Theatre’s Autumn/Winter 2018 season.
Think it’ll get better? You know it’s a lie.
We’re burning up inside and it’s destroying us both.
What happens when it’s too late to escape – then you open the door and run?
Will fate cut you down? Will you ever breathe easily again?
Set in modern day London, this contemporary adaptation of passion and vendetta explosively blends grit, fate and claustrophobia, with a streak of dark humour. Performed in a bold physical style with original live music and movement, told through the female lens.
Blood Wedding has been adapted and directed by George Richmond-Scott (associate director on Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre). The creative team also includes movement director Patricia Suarez, dramaturg Fay Lomas, award-winning lighting director Jack Weir and Offie nominated sound designer Daniel Balfour (Great Apes, Arcola). The Blood Wedding set will be designed by Christianna Mason (Acid Test, Cockpit Arts and Secret Cinema). Casting will be announced soon.
George Richmond-Scott said:
“Directing a modern adaptation of Blood Wedding has been a long-held ambition of mine, an opportunity to explore Lorca’s classic through a new lens and what that means in the context of a modern urban world; reinventing his poetry to express the wants of city dwellers in 2018. We have developed a strong physical language that explores this deeply whilst honouring the original.”
Bonus events
*Gala event with pre-show flamenco performance by dance artist Lourdes Fernandez, 3.30pm
*Post-show Q&A Wednesday 12th September. Get up close to the cast and creatives. Hosted by Terri Paddock.
*Pre-show Lorca talk with Professor of Spanish Literature Dr Stephen Roberts, Saturday 6.30pm.
*free for ticket-holders