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Play Dead
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Play Dead

Presented by Betyl Theatre · UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND

Underbelly, Cowgate · Iron Belly
5 - 30 Aug
60 min · Age SIXTEEN
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About the show

Echo has a broken heart. A gutted-from-the-inside, cut-off-your-toes broken heart. Help is just a phone call away, but he opts for a classical (feral) form of revenge. This queer, unruly adaptation of Ovid features a dog crate, two microphones and seventeen grapefruits. 'A powerhouse performance' (TheatreWeekly.com). 'A truly haunting and exciting hour of theatre' (NorthWestEnd.co.uk).

Keywords

dark-comedyqueervisceralunrulyintenseexperimentalrevenge-drivenconfrontationalstylizedhaunting

In the same orbit as

Fleabag meets Greek tragedy with a queer punk twistIf Marina Abramović staged a breakupLike a fever dream directed by Gaspar Noé but with more grapefruits

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