Capgras Theatre Company will debut their new production Strangewife at Lion & Unicorn Theatre from July 21 to 23, before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a full run at Assembly Rooms this August.
A grieving widow hires a struggling actor to keep her company—for a price. But as her demands grow increasingly unsettling, the arrangement begins to feel very, very strange.
A wicked blend of drama and bleak comedy, Strangewife is inspired by the works of Yorgos Lanthimos and Harold Pinter. The play explores the dark corners of human relationships, power, love, and identity.
Lauren, recently widowed, finds solace in Sydney, her new companion. Under her direction, Sydney begins to resemble her late husband. As her instructions become more specific and disturbing, Sydney starts to lose himself in the role.
Starring Brooklyn Boukather and Daniel Barney Newton, and directed by Frazier Bailey, Strangewife is a deadpan two-hander that transforms a professional arrangement into something frighteningly obscure.
“A play deeply punctuated with the sinking feeling that something is really not quite right,” says the company. “Strangewife transplants the intrigue and scare of an A24 film onto the main stage to explore the many complex faces of grief and desire.”
Capgras Theatre Company originated in the MA Writing programme at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Its members hail from New York, Manchester, and Cape Town, and are currently based in London.
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