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The Changeling
Lazarus Theatre Company return to Southwark Playhouse Borough this Autumn with a production that promises not to be for the faint-hearted. Turning their bold ensemble methods to a reinterpretation of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s rarely staged play The Changeling, audiences are ensured a thrilling and unsettling pre-cursor to Halloween. In this contemporary adaptation, expect the extreme with an intense love-hate relationship, sexual tension, and murderous chaos, all brought to life with radical theatrics that will leave audiences stunned.
Stuck within the depths of a glamorous masculine society, The Changeling centres around a powerful and lustful woman who catastrophically turns against what is expected of her. When Beatrice Joanna enlists the assistance of her devoted yet repulsive servant De Flores in ridding her of the unwanted suitor she is betrothed to, she unwittingly becomes tangled in the grasps of a much more dangerous and abhorrent relationship. Fuelled by an unexplainable and sadistic pull to each other, Beatrice and De Flores spiral into an epic horror, taking the audience with them as they face ghosts and lunatics along with their twisted compulsion for one another. This dramatic and energetic plot with the dedication to push the physicality of theatre will get the blood pumping and hearts racing.
Stuck within the depths of a glamorous masculine society, The Changeling centres around a powerful and lustful woman who catastrophically turns against what is expected of her. When Beatrice Joanna enlists the assistance of her devoted yet repulsive servant De Flores in ridding her of the unwanted suitor she is betrothed to, she unwittingly becomes tangled in the grasps of a much more dangerous and abhorrent relationship. Fuelled by an unexplainable and sadistic pull to each other, Beatrice and De Flores spiral into an epic horror, taking the audience with them as they face ghosts and lunatics along with their twisted compulsion for one another. This dramatic and energetic plot with the dedication to push the physicality of theatre will get the blood pumping and hearts racing.
Thu 28 Sep to Saturday 28 Oct 2023
Southwark Playhouse Borough, The Little, 77-84 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Running Time: 2 hours (including interval)Times: Monday – Saturday, 8pm
Tuesday and Saturday matinee, 3.30pm
Box Office: Standard tickets are £25, with preview rates at £16 and concession at £20. Purchase is available from the box office on 020 7407 0234 or by booking online at www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/
Age Guidance: 14+
Content Warnings: Contains smoke, haze, smoking, strobe lighting, sustained blackouts, blood, dismemberment, and scenes of a sexual and violent nature.
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