Journey into the mind of a serial killer

Journey into the mind of a serial killer

Christie in Love, Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd October, The Cellar Bar, City Gate Hotel, Exeter, 7pm and 8:45pm

Special Halloweeen performance Friday 31 October, Barnfield theatre, Exeter

Following acclaimed sell out shows across Exeter during 2014, Substance & Shadow Theatre return with their autumn production: Howard Brenton’s ‘Christie in Love’ – a dark and disturbing journey into the mind of Britain’s most notorious single serial killer of the 20thcentury.

John Reginald Halliday Christie strangled eight women, including his wife and a baby. He went on to entrap an innocent man, who was mistakenly hung as a result of Christie’s callous handiwork.

Brenton remains one of Britain’s most controversial dramatists:  “Like Genet, [Brenton] feels for the outcast…But he’s less sentimentally involved with his criminals, clearer about his ultimate strategy to show the unreality of straight lines in a curved universe, of the roles society forces on us.” (Observer)

Substance & Shadow Theatre continue with their trademark style of intimate, minimalist theatre, inviting you to experience the chilling and brutal exploration of a murderous mind at extremely close range.

Substance & Shadow Theatre are also very proud to announce that music from the forth coming album, Alexandrine by GRICE, will be featured in our production of Christy in Love –  http://www.gricemusic.co.uk/

There will be a special performance on Halloween: For one dark and unholy night only, Substance & Shadow Theatre and Dream Catcher Theatre invite you to join them on a terrifying journey into the Hearts of Darkness. Come and experience a unique and chilling Halloween collaboration between two local theatre companies: with Christie in Love and Ma Cherie A Mort.

Venue: The Cellar Bar, City Gate Hotel, Lower North Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3RB
Dates: October – 21st, 22nd and 23rd
Two performances per night: 7.00 pm and 8.45 pm.
Tickets: £8.00 (no concessions)
Pre-sale tickets are available via the Bike Shed Theatre website:
Box Office: 01392 434169
Website: www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

Venue: The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
Dates: Halloween, Oct 31st
Tickets: £10.00 (no concessions)
Box Office: 01392 270891
Website: www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk