Tue 24 Jan 2023
Other Information
Ages 12+ | Content warnings: references to violence, sexual violence and death. Contains a few subtle light flickers and some fast snap changes in lighting states but no strobe lights.
Price
£12* (£10)* | £5* students/under 25s
Time
7.30pm | 75 mins (no interval)
What if there was another take on the Trojan War, an untold breathtaking adventure you had never heard before?
Enter Medusa. She was there.
Monstrous gorgon? Snakes for hair? A turn-to-stone glare? Perhaps. But she was there – as a bodiless head strapped to the shield of a goddess.
Her forever-open-eyes saw it all: Epic combat. Mighty swords. Giant horse-sculptures filled with men. But as the war raged on, Medusa’s petrifying gaze focused on three extraordinary women who might just hold the key to her ultimate hope.
Beautiful Evil Things is a new, high-energy, one woman show from Ad Infinitum combining physical storytelling with cut-throat wit. Coming hot on the heels of their multi award-winning hit, Odyssey, join Medusa on a thrilling adventure.
A fierce, funny, bloody take on some of the oldest stories known to woman. From a killer Gorgon.
Co-commissioned by Tobacco Factory Theatres, supported by Wardrobe Ensemble. Made possible through funding from Arts Council England.
Learning & Engagement project supported by funding from Theatre Orchard and Culture Weston; and ‘Into the Arts’ administered by Quartet Community Foundation.
★★★★★ – ‘Up there among the best shows we’ve ever seen’
LIFESTYLE DISTRICT
★★★★ – ‘Hair-raising, heart-quickening whirl of myths’
THE GUARDIAN
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A freelance theatre maker & Movement Director, originally trained at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Deborah is a core member of Ad Infinitum, developing & performing original work with us since 2007, most recently in Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] and touring Light and Translunar Paradise internationally.
As movement director: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Sheffield Crucible) A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, UK Premiere( Hull Truck), An Adventure (Bush Theatre, London), The Twits ( Curve, Leicester and Rose Theatre, Kingston), Spitfire (Lowry Theatre), Declaration (Lowry Theatre), Bassett (Sheffield Crucible), Kristin Lavransdatter (North Wall).
Deborah is also a visiting practitioner at a number of drama schools & universities.
