21st Century Poe: Moyamensing
The
Vault @ Paradise Green 4 – 17 August 2014 (no show on 11th)
17.50, Tickets £8 / £6 conc.
Edgar
Allan Poe - widowed, weeks to live, a little the worse for drink –
finds things getting worse still as he is locked for the night in
Philadelphia's Moyamensing Prison... where his worst nightmares are
waiting for him. A little known but true incident from the closing
stages of Poe's tragic life inspires Scottish playwright /
storyteller Marty Ross' sequel to his sell-out show at last year's
Fringe.
In last
year's 21st. Century Poe, Ross reinvented three classic
Poe tales in his uniquely visceral, wildly theatrical style. This
year he takes on the persona of Poe himself, a desperate and drunken
Poe keen to tell you the tale of his latest, strangest adventure. Poe
left behind an account not only of his overnight incarceration in
Moyamensing Prison, but also of the hallucinations he suffered
therein: scenes and horrors to match anything in his fiction, from
live dissection and cannibalism to a vision of a sublimely beautiful
woman echoing more than one of the women he loved and lost. Ross has
taken this as the basis of a psychological, metaphorical portrait of
Poe that captures the inner life of the tormented genius as no
conventional, realistic 'biopic' treatment ever could. Dark humour,
surrealism, Gothic horror and stark tragedy promiscuously intermingle
in a one man show that aims to outdo even the acclaim for last year's
show....
2013
reviews:
Broadway
Baby: Review by Gwen Sims-Williams (5 stars)
An
insanely good piece of storytelling.... Ross is a master craftsman
who never turns down the pressure, painting vile pictures and weaving
a grotesque spell... Trainspotting meets Gothic horror…. The
storytelling is utterly convincing... Ross’ violently impressive
performance make this a heart-pounding triumph which demands
appreciation.
3
weeks: Review By Katharine Wootton (4 stars)
Marty
Ross delivers a bewitchingly good story that leaves a haunting
reminder long after the lights have gone down.
*
Fringe
Review: Reviewed by Donald C Stewart
This
was visceral. Marty Ross is a compelling narrator and onstage
presence. … left you thinking as well as reeling… An immensely
entertaining ride that scared and shocked in equal measure – a fair
ground ghost ride for the 21st Century….
The
Scotsman - review by Claire Smith
Ross
has a great aptitude for suspense and terror, and he hurls himself
into his tale with energy and passion, in words which ring with the
native Glasgow rhythm... an accomplished piece of work which builds
towards a chilling conclusion.
MARTY
ROSS is author of a string of BBC radio dramas, including the series
The Darker Side Of The Border and the serials Ghost Zone and Catch My
Breath. He is also the author of two Doctor Who audio dramas and an
award-nominated Dark Shadows drama. Two new radio dramas will be
produced by BBC Scotland this autumn, including a radio play version
of Moyamensing, to be broadcast on Halloween after a live performance
in Glasgow. He also performs widely and to great acclaim as a live
theatrical storyteller.
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