Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1927
Three Weeks
If the Addams Family did theatre, this would be it. Set in a 1920's movie theatre, complete with piano and projection screen, this theatrical cabaret uses a mix of live action, film and music to tell a variety of stories. None should ever be repeated to a small child as a soothing bedtime tale, but the adult audience loved the dark, knowing humour which drove them. From the freaky sisters whose parents died in a wishing-well 'accident' to the nine deaths of Chou Chou le Chat, the macabre nature of this show is clearly a winner, as is its stylish and flawless execution. You will want to stay in this sepia-toned world for far longer than a mere hour.
13 August 2007






