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FACTS
The
Masque of Red Deaths five week tour begins at the Burton Hotel
Ballroom in Kington on Tuesday 2nd March at 7.30pm
The tour then heads to: Ludlow Assembly Rooms from 9th -12th
March (01584 878141)
Ledbury Youth Centre 16th -19th March (Tickets from Ledbury
Tourist Information Centre)
Belmont Arts Centre Shrewsbury, 23th -26th March (01743 243755)
Ross-on-Wye Youth Centre 31st March-2nd April (01989 568976).
Audience numbers are limited to 35 per show
The
Fetch Theatre Company say the inspiration for this show is the increasing
amount of drug abuse affecting rural areas like Herefordshire.
Their latest show,
The Masque of the Red Death, aims to raise awareness of these problems
and open up a debate within the communities we are touring to.
Created specifically for audiences aged 14 years and over, The Masque
of The Red Death is loosely based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story
and uses puppetry, mask and a unique style of visual theatre in
a new and spine-tingling way.
Accompanied by a powerful contemporary soundtrack the production
takes the audience into the streets of an imaginary market town
that has been hit by drugs rather than a plague.
Each performance will be followed by a workshop led by a drugs awareness
advisor accompanied by a member of the theatre company.
Audience numbers are limited to 35 per show and some performances
are already sold out.
This
project has been guided by various substance misuse teams in particular
the Drug Action Team and Zig Zag in Hereford, South Shropshire Youth
Forum in Shropshire.
The
company admit that some people may find it hard to understand how
puppet theatre can be of any use dealing with such sensitive and
poignant material.
They say they hope the show will blow the misconception that puppetry
is just for kids out of the water.
