Emma Rice's Blue Beard: An Introduction

Emma Rice brings her own brand of theatrical wonder to this most beguiling and disturbing of tales.
Multi-award-winning director, Emma Rice (Wise Children, Malory Towers, Romantics Anonymous, Tristan & Yseult, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk and Brief Encounter) returns to HOME with her ground-breaking theatre company Wise Children for her latest world premiere production, a music-fueled feminist revenge on the magician who first seduces, then obliterates.
Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter and pupils dilate. With a wink, a stroke and a flick - things just seem to vanish.
Cards, coins, scarves… and women. Puff! Gone. Without a trace.
He meets his match when his young bride discovers his dark and murderous secret.
She summons all her rage, all her smarts and all her sisters to bring the curtain down on his tyrannous reign.
Written and directed by Emma Rice, with her signature sleight of hand, Blue Beard explores curiosity and consent, violence and vengeance - all through an intoxicating lens of music, wit and tender truth.
When someone tells you not to look, OPEN THE BLOODY DOOR!
Tue 13 Feb - Sat 24 Feb 2024
Ticket from £10
Visit our website to book homemcr.org

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We loved this sooooo much - funny, musical, magical, heart-wrenching and such a poignant tale that crosses boundaries. Emma Rice is spectacular, the cast quite astonishing. Bravo.