Fairytales for Grown-ups: King Lear Retold

Last edited by CrickCrackClub on 15 March 2023

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
The Story Museum
Date(s): 
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Timing: 
7.30pm - 9pm
Cost: 
£12

The Crick Crack Club presents live, performance storytelling by Debs Newbold at The Story Museum, Oxford.

Tell me my daughters, which of you...doth love us most?

An old king, afraid to be old.
A daughter abandoned for speaking plainly.
Two sisters warped by ill-treatment.
A kingdom in turmoil.

When Lear resigns his position by dividing his kingdom into three, he puts an outrageous test to his daughters. Their answers are not all that he expected. And what he discovers about himself, he does not wish to know.

Explosive, deeply felt and often uproariously funny, Debs Newbold brings us a bold, compelling and contemporary retelling of a great Shakespearean tragedy that is rooted in folk and fairytale. This is Shakespeare shot from the hip.

'SPELLBINDING AND WONDERFUL' Hay Festival

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'NEWBOLD IS A MASTER OF WORDS AND SPACE' Views from the Gods

★ ★ ★ ★ 'SHE PULLS DOWN THE SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE' Stagetalk Magazine

Suitable for adults (14+)

Further Information

Contact Details: 

This event will take place in The Woodshed Theatre at The Story Museum, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP.

Book now: https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/...

Online streaming tickets are also available for anyone who would like to watch from home: https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/...

For more information contact The Story Museum box office on: boxoffice@storymuseum.org.uk or 01865 807600

Performance
Theatre
Written and Spoken Word

Accessible Events
Adults
Young People