The Yellow Wallpaper

THEATRE / DANCE

Based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Adapted and directed by Stephanie Mohr
Starring Aurélia Thiérrée and Fukiko Takase

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s hugely influential novella is brought to life in a radical new staging, blending theatre, dance, live video and sound.

About The Yellow Wallpaper

Written in 1892, Gilman’s story was a pioneering piece of feminist literature. A young mother is confined in an attic nursery in a remote country estate by her physician husband, as a cure for “a slight hysterical tendency”. As she emotionally and intellectually declines, she becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper on the walls. In her isolation she sees a woman trapped in the patterns that she must attempt to free.

Gilman, who suffered from depression, experienced the cure of bed rest and domestic isolation as described in the story, as did Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton and Jane Addams. The cure was abandoned after Gilman came close to complete emotional collapse.

Flash Sale
From Tue 03 – Thu 05 Oct, you can get £10 off Band B tickets and £5 off Band C tickets.