THE Pantaloons are back on the Bacon Theatre stage for one night only with Bleak House, on Wednesday, October 22, at 7.30pm.
Picture the scene, a fog-filled Victorian London: “Fog everywhere. Fog up the river where it flows among green airs and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city...”
When a dead body is discovered in Mr Krook’s Rag-and-Bone shop, a web of mysteries starts to untangle, which has far-reaching consequences.
Hilarious, tragic and romantic by turns, Dickens’ darkly comic masterpiece is retold by The Pantaloons in their own inimitable style, as the company of five actor-musicians bring the novel’s cast of over 50 characters to life in a thrilling tale of love, skulduggery and spontaneous combustion.
The Pantaloons draw from a wide variety of popular theatre traditions, from Commedia Dell’Arte and pantomime, to stand-up comedy and silent movies, to bring what they consider to be a vital sense of ‘play’ back to classical performance.
Located in the grounds of Dean Close School in Cheltenham, the Bacon Theatre offers free on-site parking to customers.
For more information visit: bacontheatre.co.uk
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