Blood Wedding

A ‘bloody’ good night at the theatre.

Bruiser Theatre Company takes Lorca’s 'Blood Wedding' on tour for some chilling autumn nights “I hate knives… I hate the men that brought knives into the world…’’

The words of a grieving widow and mother set the scene for 'Blood Wedding'. Spanish playwright, Federico Garcia Lorca’s masterpiece. The passionate tale of tradition, betrayal and revenge is the hottest ticket this autumn in theatres across Ireland.

Award-nominated theatre company, Bruiser, is the first professional team to bring this classic of world theatre to the north. Bruiser’s innovative and highly physical style allows the fierce energy and raw tension of the play to soar. Using minimum set for maximum impact, the cast of six evoke the haunting beauty of Lorca’s language leaving audiences on a knife-edge.

A Spanish community steeped in a bitter and violent clan war celebrate the marriage of two young people who represent a fragile hope for the future. The bridegroom’s mother is filled with mourning at the thought of losing her son on what should be the happiest day of his life. But blood stirs as the wedding day dawns and nothing is quite as it seems…

The play has been skilfully translated and adapted from the original by Queen’s University professor, David Johnston, who has captured the lyrical intensity of Lorca’s language through speech and song. This is a haunting piece of drama about reputation and retribution, which has echoes in today’s conflict-torn world.

Critics Review

  "Most innovative production: Blood Wedding." 
  "...under the imaginative direction of Lisa May and 
   in the hands of an excellent cast, gave us a night 
   of black-box theatre that will live long in the heart, 
   and in the memory." 
   Sunday Life - The Golden Nuggets of 2003

  "It is brought to the stage by the remarkable 
   imagination and vision of Bruiser Theatre 
   Company's artistic director, Lisa May, and an 
   exceptionally effective cast, who clearly feel 
   the impassioned poetry with every inch of their 
   bodies."
  "Lorca would have loved it."
   The Irish Times

  "This is red-hot drama."
  "The throb of repressed sexuality almost rocks the 
   stage in this highly-charged, riveting piece of 
   theatre. Bravo!"
   The Belfast Telegraph

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