This fairytale frolic is a feast of raw entertainment for mischievous adults. Bluebeard is a low-fi spectacular, using pedals to produce power and pulleys to wreak revenge. With tongue-in-cheek cabaret song and lyrical narration this is seductive storytelling at its best.
A tale of marriage, temptation, and retribution that leads you based on Charles Perrault’s French literary folktale Bluebeard – a tale of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts by one of them to avoid the fate of her predecessors.
“Play-school meets Weimar cabaret”
The Guardian
Bluebeard overall is an impressively imaginative and exciting piece of devised theatre executed with admirable skill.
Total Theatre
Milk Presents have reinterpreted Charles Perrault's story of a French nobleman who murders his wives with a compulsive, dark glee.
The Scotsman
a travelling theatre spectacle, Milk Presents have created one of the most amusing, jolly and plain out-and-out entertaining shows I've seen this year.
The British Theatre Guide
Team
Saskia Solomons - Performer / Deviser
Jacob Beswick - Performer / Deviser
Nicky Bellenger - Performer / Deviser
Leo Skilbeck - Performer / Director
Ruby Glaskin - Performer / Producer
Adam Robertson - Performer / Production Manager
Technical
Running Time
50mins
Ages
14+
Min. Space
5m x 4m
Previous Venues
Battersea Arts Centre, The Carriageworks Leeds, The Garage Norwich
Bluebeard was nominated for a Total Theatre Award and developed with the support of Arts Council England, The Point, Eastleigh and Bttersea Arts Centre.