DANCES OF DEATH

August Strindberg

A new version by Howard Brenton

Directed by Tom Littler
Design James Perkins

Lighting William Reynolds

Sound George Dennis

Stage Manager Charlotte D'Arcy

Deputy Stage Manager Katy Munroe Farlie

Movement Director Quinny Sacks

Scenic Art Fani Parali

Production Manager Bernd Fauler

Fight Director Terry King

Cast Richard Beanland, Edward Franklin, Linda Marllowe, Michael Pennington, Christopher Ravenscroft, Eleanor Wyld

 

Part One. Autumn. A military base on a small island.

Part Two. Summer. A couple of years later.  A house on the other side of the island.

 

Meet Edgar and Alice. Married for almost thirty years, theirs is a relationship of explosive mutual loathing.  Strindberg’s tale paints a compulsive and bitterly funny portrait of a magnificently doomed couple, whose ongoing battle threatens not only their future, but that of their friends and children as well.

 

This world premiere of a gripping new adaptation by Howard Brenton — one of our most distinguished and brilliant playwrights—gives a unique chance to see not only Part One but also the rarely performed Part Two of this masterpiece of European theatre, condensed into a single two-act drama.