Join us for a very special night inspired by classic gothic literature on Friday 28 October headlined by hit theatre production Female Gothic at 8pm.
The evening begins from 7pm with a selection of suitably spooky music in the foyer from members of the Donegal Chamber Orchestra.
Senior members of An Grianán Youth Theatre will perform extracts from Frankenstein as well as classics from Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickenson to get audiences in the mood for the feature event of the evening: Female Gothic.
Female Gothic
Starting at 8pm in the auditorium, Female Gothic is an acclaimed theatre show from Olivier Award winning director Guy Masterson and performed by Rebecca Vaughan of Austen’s Women fame.
In the thrilling tradition of M R James and Edgar Allan Poe, this literary spine-chiller celebrates three lost gothic works from the great Victorian female writers.
An artist, gripped by the clutching fingers of a dead past; a scientist, defying nature in the dark realm of the senses; an expectant father, driven mad by creeping shadows…
In the unquiet darkness between life and death, a lone, haunted woman tells chilling tales of the macabre and terrifying, illuminating the curious frailties of human nature.
Female Gothic is presented by Dyad Productions, a UK based theatre that creates, produces and tours innovative yet classic theatre with a contemporary relevance. With emphasis on new writing and radical interpretations of existing text, Dyad’s acclaimed shows include Austen’s Women, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography and The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe
The schedule for the evening is:
From 7pm in the bar & foyer (free admission)
Music from the Donegal Chamber Orchestra featuring
Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) “Aase’s Death” from Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) Psycho A Suite for Strings (1960) ‘Psycho theme’
Gothic excerpts by An Grianán Youth Theatre featuring:
The Creature’s Speech from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Conqueror Worm and Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe, I Felt a Funeral in My Brain by Emily Dickenson, and other surprises.
8pm in the auditorium – admission €15/€12 Book now!
Dyad Productions present
Female Gothic
running time: 75 minutes
NB: Running time for all the evening’s events will be a little over two hours give or take a scare or two!
