Just announcing....
21st.
Century poe:
falling
for the ushers
sat.
october 10th.
7.30 pm, britannia panopticon,
113-117
trongate, glasgow, g1 5hd.
TICKETS £8 / £6 CONCESSION.
BOOKINGS:
0141-553-0840
Scottish
storyteller & playwright Marty Ross (BBC Radio horror; Doctor Who
audio) drags The Fall Of The House Of Usher kicking & screaming
into contemporary Glasgow – in one of Glasgow's most atmospheric
locations, the world's oldest surviving music hall. What better show
to get Glasgow in the mood for Halloween?
Edgar
Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher is long-established as a
classic horror tale, but Marty Ross is a ‘modernist’ on the live
storytelling scene, audaciously relocating the tale to his own era
and his own Glaswegian 'back yard'. Thus, in his version, Falling For
The Ushers, haunted twins Roderick and Madeline Usher have left
behind the misty Gothic manor of the original story to become
superstars of Glasgow's contemporary art world, thanks to their
macabre conceptual installations in the manner of Damien Hirst and
the Chapman Bros. But when Madeline’s old art school admirer Ed
shows up, their tragic downfall is as inescapable as ever. And Marty
Ross's unique performing style, combining evocative language with
expressionistic mime and gesture, makes full-blown theatre out of the
story as he embodies a whole cast
list of larger than life characters.
21st
CENTURY POE has already been a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and London
Horror Festivals, as testified by the reviews below, but it has never
enjoyed a more atmospheric location than the Victorian grandeur of
Glasgow's – and the world's – oldest surviving music hall. This
is sure to be one of the highlights of the run up to Glasgow's
Halloween.
“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
Glasgow rhythm. An accomplished piece of work… a chilling
conclusion.” – The Scotsman
“…What
Marty Ross does with literature’s most mystical and macabre works
is make them sing with new energy and beguile an audience all over
again…. poetically re-worked ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
manages, in its modernisation, to preserve and revere the original,
even intensifying its impact… a bewitchingly good story that leaves
a haunting reminder long after the lights have gone down.” - 3
Weeks ****
“Insanely
good storytelling… a master craftsman who never turns down the
pressure… Ross’ violently impressive performance make this a
heart-pounding triumph… Trainspotting meets gothic horror….” –
Broadway Baby *****
“Visceral.
A compelling narrator and onstage presence. … left you thinking as
well as reeling… theatre that kept you on edge… an immensely
entertaining ride that scared and shocked in equal measure – a fair
ground ghost ride for the 21st Century….” – Fringe Review
Well established as a
playwright, particularly with dark drama for BBC radio (Ghost Zone,
Catch My Breath, Darker Side Of The Border, Rough Magick, Lady
Macbeth Of Mtsensk, Moyamensing, The Dead Of Fenwick Moor), plus
Doctor Who & award-nominated Dark Shadows audio drama, as well as
Blood And Stone, nominated for a 2012 Rondo Award (horror fandom’s
Oscars), Ross also regularly performs as a live storyteller
throughout Scotland and England. Two plays of his have premiered at
the last two Buxton Festivals – Redder Than Roses: A Glimpse Of
Mary, Queen Of Scots & The Woman On The Bridge. A new play
Crooker's Kingdom, has been commissioned by Cromford Mill for
premiere this Halloween. Another audio drama, Romeo & Julian, has
just been commissioned by Amazon Audible.
TICKETS £8 / £6
CONCESSION.
BOOKINGS:
0141-553-0840
