Date & Time
Date: Thu 7 Apr – Sat 9 Apr 2022
Time: 8:00pm, with a 2:00pm matinee on Sat 9 Apr
Location
Flexible Performance Space,
Block F Level 1 #F102,
LASALLE's McNally Campus
Admission
Strictly by invitation only.
Type
The LASALLE Show, TheatreDirector: Blake Hackler
Playwright: Federico García Lorca, adapted by Marina Carr
Written in 1932 on the cusp of the Spanish Civil War, Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding prophetically foreshadows the violence and mayhem that would tear his country apart under the despotic rule of Francisco Franco. Considered a folk tragedy because it is set in a rural community, the play centres on the relationship of two former lovers whose fatal attraction results in vengeance and death, with a disrupted wedding exacerbating a longstanding feud between two rival families.
Relocated in Ireland, Marina Carr’s adaptation of Lorca’s play maintains the characters and narrative. An unnamed Bride is due to wed a Groom as a part of a loveless and transactional arrangement. The former had been engaged to a young maverick, Leonardo, who subsequently was forced into marrying the Bride’s cousin. On the day of the wedding, Leonardo and the Bride escape into the woods on a fatalistic journey that concludes in his death and that of his rival, the Groom.
Download programme booklet here.
This event is part of The LASALLE Show 2022, an annual graduation showcase of contemporary arts, design and performance.
See event guide for full listings.
