First look rehearsal images have been released for Dirty Corset by Bang Average Theatre, reimagining Restoration comedy for modern audiences.
Running at Pleasance London between 5th – 24th April, the show follows three flea-bitten players failing to live up to their onstage personas.
Set in the dying embers of the 17th Century in the North of England, follow a company of tragic actors failing to live up to their onstage personas. A blend of physical theatre, Restoration text and a very naughty song about flaps, Dirty Corset is a sweaty, dark, comedic tale about how we fall short of our farcical desires.
Amidst the 17th Century explosion of creativity, personal liberty and sexuality, Dirty Corset is a vulgar, daft and beautiful piece of new work that encapsulates the essence of this sometimes-forgotten period in all of its disgusting glory. Three strolling players and their world – theatre, disease, sexual desires, the struggle for freedom – are represented through a surreal, silly, modern lens. Hyper-restoration stylistic movement is interwoven with modern speech, visually arresting images, slapstick and dark and dirty humour.
Dirty Corset is directed by Fringe First Winner Helen Tennison (Everything I See I Swallow, The Lowry; Dracula, Creation Theatre), and the flea-bitten players are brought to life by Susannah Scott (Money Heist: The Immersive Experience, Netflix/Fever; Lucille and Cecilia, Soho Theatre), Chloe Darke (Doctors, BBC; Lucille and Cecilia, Soho Theatre) and Laurie Coldwell (Hound of the Baskervilles, Vienna English Theatre; Red Skies, Eastern Angles).
