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THEATRE OF BLOOD, Newtown Theatre, Sydney

October 26th 2009 02:37
Theatre of Blood Alison Meredith, Brendan Taylor
Grand Guignol rises from the dead in Sydney! As part of the Under the Blue Moon Festival the Newtown Theatre is staging Theatre of Blood, channeling the grotesquely imaginative theatrics of the infamous French thespians of histrionic horror. If you're keen to see actors suffering for their craft, this is exactly the place to be!

Theatre of Blood
The Grand Guignol was a Parisian theatre that operated between 1897 and 1962. It produced, almost exclusively, one-act plays from 10 to 40 minutes in length, and was renowned for its perverse and violent content. The theatre itself was a converted chapel in the heart of the red light district, so patrons to the theatre would pass garish neon signs, streetwalkers loitering in doorways, and other shadowy behaviour in the dark alleyways near the theatre.

Opening this Friday, October 30th, at 11pm, and then playing every subsequent Friday night at 11pm, Theatre of Blood will present in the foyer a one-hour program of three short plays. Every three months the program of plays will change.

Theatre of Blood’s first season program:

At The Telephone
by André de Lorde
Directed by Liane Norman
It’s 1902 and the telephone is a wonderful new invention. Marex buys one so he can check on his wife and child while he’s away. The last thing he expects to hear at the end of the line is their cries for help!

The Guillotine
by Eugène Héros & Léon Abric
Directed by Stephen Carnell
Lecardon is an ex-wrestler with a mistress who has a kink for danger. But could their rendezvous at the guillotine be their last?

Orgy In The Lighthouse
by Alfred Marchand
Directed by Steven Hopley
Devout young brothers bring two women into a lighthouse during a religious festival, but soon this orgy of sex becomes an orgy of blood.

The cast includes: Valentino Arico, Colin Ford, Charles Freyberg, Christine Greenough, Irving Gregory, Jennifer van Heeckeren, Kirsty Kiloh, Alison Meredith, David Richards, Brendon Taylor, Craig Walker & Kyla Ward
Theatre of Blood guillotine

You must be 18 or over to attend the Theatre of Blood. If you arrive in Gothic or horror costume there are concession tickets available. For more information check the official website here

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Comment by Morgan Bell

December 14th 2009 13:37


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i knew i had seen the name Stephen Carnell somewhere, so he was a Theatre of Blood director, did you end up seeing the plays?

he is the director of some plays for Mardi Gras next year, i submitted him a script . . . maybe i should have included some blood and guts?

Comment by Bryn

December 14th 2009 22:38


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Didn't/haven't seen any of the plays as I work almost every single Friday night ... What's your script about?

Comment by Morgan Bell

December 15th 2009 21:00


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its just a big gay melodrama, theyre still in the selection process, i dont usually write plays but the topic matter was right up my ally so it seemed like a fun little exercise

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