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Fairytales for Grown-ups: King Lear Retold

Fairytales for Grown Ups
Learretold
  • 4 May 2023 View Dates & Times

    The expected runtime of this event is 90 minutes

  • The Woodshed
  • Performances
  • Adults
  • £12 Per Person

Debs Newbold, brings us a bold, compelling, and contemporary retelling of a great Shakespearean tragedy that is rooted in folk and fairytale. Part of our regular Fairytales for Grown-ups in partnership with the Crick Crack Club.

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 divides 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.

90 minutes

14+ CONTENT WARNING: This performance contains references to mutilation, death, suicide and toxic relationships.

This event takes place in the Woodshed Theatre at The Story Museum in Oxford. For live stream tickets click here.

  • 4 May 2023 View Dates & Times

    The expected runtime of this event is 90 minutes

  • The Woodshed
  • Performances
  • Adults
  • £12 Per Person
“Newbold is a master of words and space”
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“Spellbinding and wonderful”
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