Step into 19th-century Paris, where France’s most famous doctor, Jean-Martin Charcot, investigates the mysterious mental disorders plaguing his time using bizarre, questionable techniques. The characters and their fates are often too odd to be considered truthful. Believe us when we say that we wish they were only figments of our imagination.
During Charcot’s reign, Salpetriere hospital was somewhat of a human circus for the burgoise society and the patients grew to nation wide fame for their oddities. Our story unfolds over the course of one of Charcot’s sold-out Tuesday lectures, when his newest patient, the toast of the town, Louise Gliezes, goes missing. A gun has been stolen and blood has been spilt... To save their reputations and the hospital itself, Charcot must unmask the perpetrator all while losing control of the patients whose grasp on reality grows weaker with every minute!
Writers: Michal Vojtech, Pierre Albert Ollivier, Ariel de la Garza Davidoff
Direction: Ariel de la Garza Davidoff, Ilya Wray
Cast:
Raphael Ruiz (Jean-Martin Charcot)
Fabio Goutet (Gilles de la Tourette)
Sacha Augeard (Rose Kemper)
Clément Jarrige (Men)
Daniela Hirsh (Marie "Blanche" Wittman)
Music: Nathan Saudek
Costume Design: Noémi Fintor
Set Design: Oscar Godfrey
Lighting Design: Thomas Sandler
Graphic Design: Viktoriia Naumuk
Previous reviews of the Threepenny Collective production:
'Thank the world of Edinburgh Fringe that theatre like this still exists... A must see hidden gem of the festival' – The Fringe Review
'Tantalisingly bizarre. A discordant and disquieting symphony of the Strange.' - Lexical Lunacy
'The music, performed live by Nathan Saudek, is worthy of the great silent films. A play where the horror—unique and biting—is inspired by expressionist cinema and Kafkaesque visions.' - Audience Response