Dance of Death
Before Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf came August Strindberg’s classic The Dance of Death, now vividly reimagined by director Candice Edmunds (Joint Artistic Director of Vox Motus who created Dragon, The Infamous Brothers Davenport) in a brutally tragi-comic adaptation by Frances Poet (Andromaque, The Misanthrope).After 25 years the marriage of Alice and the Captain has become a bare-knuckle battle of vitriolic exchanges. Stranded on a drifting raft the couple play cruel mind games and wait to see who will be annihilated first. A beacon of hope arrives as an old friend makes his way to their remote outpost. Can he disentangle the web of slights, lies and half-truths? Will he uncover the devastating effect their vitriol has had on his own family?Starring Tam Dean Burn, Andy Clark and Lucianne McEvoy
Dates
22 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
23 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
26 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
27 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
28 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
29 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
30 Apr 2016 @ 2.30pm
30 Apr 2016 @ 7.30pm
3 May 2016 @ 7.30pm
4 May 2016 @ 7.30pm
5 May 2016 @ 7.30pm
6 May 2016 @ 7.30pm
7 May 2016 @ 2.30pm
7 May 2016 @ 7.30pm
PRESS
“when you’re tackling something that’s been around a while, you need people around who can punch big and think big.” Director Candice Edmunds speaks to Neil Cooper about bringing Strindberg’s classic text to the Circle StudioThe Herald
REVIEWS
“Bruising and darkly funny” ★★★★TV Bomb
“Impassioned, intimate adaptation of Strinberg, that works the brutality to the point of destruction★★★The Stage
“a timeless quality to every facet of Candice Edmunds new Circle Studio staging of Strindberg’s Dance of Death” ★★★★ The Herald
“A ferocious physical and psychological battle” Exeunt Magazine
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Cast & Creative Team
CREATIVE TEAM Directed by Candice Edmunds Designed by Graham McLaren Lighting design by Simon Wilkinson Music & Sound by Luke SutherlandCAST Tam Dean Burn Andy Clark Lucianne McEvoy