Poe by Six Lips Theatre

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A celebration of one of the most revered yet slandered authors of early modern fiction.

The clock strikes thirteen as the floorboards pulsate, there is a scream from the crypt and
something unusual is being dragged from inside the chimney breast.

Autumn falls on a decomposing nineteenth-century Europe, the smell of cabbage and the
threat of the ticking pendulum bringing home the sense of desolation, while puppets join actors
onstage to bring to life a menagerie of grotesque, intriguing characters.
An original script based on the short stories of Edgar Allen Poe. Set in a belfry amidst the clock
cogs and cobwebs, William keeps the time in solitude, but on each foreboding chime of the
clock a new unwanted visitor appears.
Informally adopted, massively criticised, spoiled and aggressively disciplined. The inventor of
the detective fiction genre and re-inventor of science fiction, Edgar Allen Poe lived a tale not
too far from those he penned, full of loss, rejection and mourning.
Help us celebrate the legacy of Poe’s works in gothic horror, by telling the story of one of the
greatest storytellers of the modern era.