Edwards Theatre Company
Playhouse Creatures
Founded in 1998, Edward's has gained a reputation for imaginative and thought provoking productions at the Fringe. The Company aims to produce a wide variety of work for as broad an audience as possible and returns to the Fringe after last year's acclaimed production of Kindertransport.
Restoration London - for the first time in English history, women are allowed to appear on stage. Meet these Playhouse Creatures as they tread the fine line between celebrity and destitution in a theatre where a shapely leg and comic timing are the most important assets.
Witty, boisterous, bawdy, revealing
Performances:
9th - 14th August
Price:
£7.00 (£5.00) »
Playhouse Creatures
Playhouse Creatures
Edwards Theatre Company
"Outside it's cold and grey, but in here it's so different. It's magic..."
In late 17th-century London, women were allowed to perform on stage for the first time in English history. They were met with reactions ranging from amusement and appreciation to moral and religious outrage. This play tells the story of four of these "playhouse creatures", showing their different perspectives as they search for recognition, popularity and a new way of life. Weaving in passages of Shakespearean performance with scenes from life off-stage, we see how women struggled to make their mark in a theatre dominated by men's often less-than-noble ideas and attitudes.
Moving, witty and passionately portrayed, the play takes us from bawdy comedy to heart-rending tragedy. Edward's Theatre Company returns to Venue 40 with a powerful exploration of women's pioneering roles and influence in Restoration theatre, where success can be fickle and fleeting, and youth and beauty are rated at least as highly as talent and experience...
Majk Stokes