A black and white cut out image of a person lies on their back with a large black dog on their chest on a bright red background. The dog looks directly at the camera with his tongue hanging out.

Date

5 - 30 August

Time

3:40 pm

Venue

Underbelly Cowgate
Iron Belly

suitability

Age 16+ (Guideline)

Tickets from

£10.00

(includes booking fee)

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Theatre

Play Dead

One dog crate, two microphones, seventeen grapefruits.

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 grapples with the stories we tell ourselves - because when we mythologize pain, there can be unexpected consequences.

Presented By

Betyl Theatre

Duration

60 minutes

Advice

Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing

Price

Tickets from

£10.00

(includes booking fee)

Accessibility

This venue can only be accessed via 2 flights of a spiral staircase with a handrail (32 steps). The seating in the venue is raked.

Wheelchair Spaces

Sorry, there are no wheelchair spaces available for this event.

reviews

‘A powerhouse performance’

Theatre Weekly

‘Inventively staged and thoroughly gripping – a truly haunting and exciting hour of theatre’

North West End

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Theatre

Play Dead

One dog crate, two microphones, seventeen grapefruits.

Presented By

Duration

Advice

Price

Accessibility

Wheelchair Spaces

reviews

‘A powerhouse performance’

Theatre Weekly

‘Inventively staged and thoroughly gripping – a truly haunting and exciting hour of theatre’

North West End

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Theatre

Play Dead

One dog crate, two microphones, seventeen grapefruits.

Presented By

Duration

Advice

Price

Accessibility

Wheelchair Spaces

reviews

‘A powerhouse performance’

Theatre Weekly

‘Inventively staged and thoroughly gripping – a truly haunting and exciting hour of theatre’

North West End

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