Theatre of Blood
Much Ado About Murder.
The story of an actor who takes bloody revenge for a lifetime of bad reviews by murdering theatre critics in a series of Shakespearean deaths. The critics variously meet their end by stabbing, spearing, burning, drowning, having their heart cut out, and being forced to eat a pie with their pet poodles in it. This bloody tale of artistic retribution was adapted by Improbable co-Artistic Directors Lee and Phelim.
Improbable would like to point out that any similarity to any theatre critics living, dead, or who might have given us a bad review is entirely coincidental.
Theatre of Blood was first premiered in 2005 at the Lyttelton Theatre, London.
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Directed by Phelim McDermott
Assistant directed by Lee Simpson
Designed by Rae Smith
Photography by Tristram Kenton
Performed by Jim Broadbent, Rachael Stirling, Mark Lockyer, Paul Bentall, Bette Bourne, Hayley Carmichael, Sally Dexter, Steve Steen, Tim McMullan, Gerard Bell, Stephen Harper, Nick Haverson, Rachael Spence, Victoria Willing, Edward Woodall
“Biliously funny, and the graphic death scenes are an ingenious and gory delight.”
The Daily Telegraph
“This revenger’s comedy is close to pitch perfect.”
The Stage
“Clever, gleeful and gory… A terrific cast ham it up to the hilt.”
The Guardian
