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21st. Century Poe: Falling For The Ushers
Scottish storyteller & playwright Marty Ross (BBC Radio horror; Doctor Who audio) drags The Fall Of The House Of Usher kicking & screaming into the modern world, in a show already a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe & London Horror Festivals - which he now brings home to his own neck of the woods, as part of Glasgow's 2015 Southside Fringe!
Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher is long-established as a classic horror tale, but Marty Ross is a 'modernist' on the live storytelling scene, keen to rescue this resurgent form from backward looking quaintness. Thus, in his version, Falling For The Ushers, haunted twins Roderick and Madeline Usher have left behind the misty Gothic manor of the original story to become superstars of Glasgow's contemporary art world, thanks to their macabre conceptual installations in the manner of Damien Hirst and the Chapman Bros. But when Madeline's old art school admirer Ed shows up, their tragic downfall is as inescapable as ever. And Marty Ross's unique performing style, combining evocative language with expressionistic mime and gesture, makes full-blown theatre out of the story as he embodies a whole cast list of larger than life characters.
FALLING FOR THE USHERS has already been a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and London Horror Festivals, as testified by the reviews it received:
"Insanely good storytelling a master craftsman who never turns down the pressure Ross' violently impressive performance make this a heart-pounding triumph Trainspotting meets gothic horror." Broadway Baby *****
"What Marty Ross does with literature's most mystical and macabre works is make them sing with new energy and beguile an audience all over again. poetically re-worked 'The Fall of the House of Usher' manages, in its modernisation, to preserve and revere the original, even intensifying its impact a bewitchingly good story that leaves a haunting reminder long after the lights have gone down." - 3 Weeks ****
"Ross has a great aptitude for suspense and terror, and he hurls himself into his tale with energy and passion, in words which ring with Glasgow rhythm. An accomplished piece of work a chilling conclusion." The Scotsman
"Visceral. A compelling narrator and onstage presence. left you thinking as well as reeling theatre that kept you on edge an immensely entertaining ride that scared and shocked in equal measure a fair ground ghost ride for the 21st Century." Fringe Review
Well established as a playwright, particularly with dark drama for BBC radio (Ghost Zone, Catch My Breath, Darker Side Of The Border, Rough Magick, Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk; another Poe show, Moyamensing, plus The Dead Of Fenwick Moor), as well as Doctor Who & award-nominated Dark Shadows audio drama, plus Blood And Stone, nominated for a 2012 Rondo Award (horror fandom's Oscars), Ross also regularly performs as a live storyteller, particularly in Scotland, his native country, and in the East Midlands, where he currently lives, this last year having seen him perform The Blackwater Bride and The Strange Tale Of The Glasgow Golem in Nottingham and Derbyshire, and 21st Century Poe: Moyamensing at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. Two plays of his have been commissioned for the last two Buxton Festivals Redder Than Roses: A Glimpse Of Mary, Queen Of Scots & The Woman On The Bridge.
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LocationThe Bungo (View)
17 Nithsdale Street
Glasgow G41 2AL
United Kingdom
Categories
| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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