A thrilling and unique music-theatre experience performed by
Marc Almond.
In London
Came the plague in sixteen sixty five
One hundred thousand dead
But I alive.
London is infected. The dead fall in the streets. As the plague
pits fill, the people of London struggle to maintain a society in
the face of overwhelming mortality. Based on eye-witness accounts
from 1665 and drawing poetic parallels with modern epidemics,
Ten Plagues relates one man's journey through a city in
crisis.
Ten Plagues is an extraordinary collaboration between
four of the UK's most distinctive artists - the internationally
acclaimed artist and iconic muscian Marc Almond; playwright Mark
Ravenhill (Shopping and Fucking, Ravenhill for Breakfast, A
Life in Three Acts); Traverse Artist in Residence and
international theatre director and opera designer Stewart Laing
(untitled projects, Titanic on Broadway) and the award
winning Conor Mitchell. Conor has written over 40 scores for
theatre, including Have a Nice Life and the New York
Musical Theatre Festival.
Running time: 60 minutes (approx)
Age recommendation: 12+
Space: Traverse One
Sign language interpreted performance: Sunday 14
August (3.45pm)
Traverse Theatre Club: members' tickets £3 off on
Sunday 7 August (book before 31 July)
Traverse Theatre Company
Produced in association with David Johnson, World
Premiere
Ten Plagues is part of the 2011 Made in Scotland
showcase: www.madeinscotland2011.com