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Production still for "The Bloody Chamber". Alison Whyte. Photographer: Jeff Busby
The Bloody Chamber
02 August 2013 – 10 August 2013 Merlyn Theatre
Based from Angela Carter's novel with performance text by Van Badham
Malthouse Theatre,
New Adaptation Theatre
A young woman yields to her desire for luxury and marries a rich – and very dangerous – man. Abandoned by her husband on their wedding night, he offers her instead the keys to the castle – so long as she doesn’t enter the secret room.
"A MULTIFACETED GLITTERING DIAMOND REFLECTING AND REFRACTING A VARIETY OF PORTRAITS OF DESIRE AND SEXUALITY."
— The Guardian on Angela Carter's Novel
Cast
Creatives
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Van Badham](/media/nldc124r/badham-van.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763234834000000)
Adaptor
![David Chisholm](/media/kwcdd4pd/chisholm-david.jpeg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=133039700246830000)
Composer
![Matthew Lutton](/media/gbbd3gna/lutton-matt.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239960370000)
Director
![Jethro Woodward](/media/35nlc51k/woodward-jethro.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763244088400000)
Sound Designer
Author
![Anna Cordingley](/media/cl4fx4hg/cordingley-anna.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236166630000)
Set Designer, Costume Designer
![Kate Gregory](/media/jxhna1q0/gregory-kate.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238111030000)
Assistant Stage Manager
![Tia Clark](/media/fhqevtbt/clark-tia.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763235915130000)
Stage Manager
![Jacinta Dennett](/media/csvdsb5s/dennett-jacinta.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236640570000)
Harpist
![Jess Fotinos](/media/jtdb0qwi/fotinos-jessica.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237363230000)
Harpist
![Yinuo Mu](/media/0wld4u4p/mu-yinuo.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763240720600000)
Harpist