BLOOD WEDDING

By Federico García Lorca.  

Translation by Ted Hughes

Directed by Mathilde López

Performed by IAB's Acting Level 6 Students

SYNOPSIS

Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding is a poetic tragedy set in rural Andalusia that explores passion, fate and duty under the crushing weight of patriarchy and tradition.

This is the story of a wedding, the two women at the centre of it, the Bride and the Mother of the Groom and their respective struggle with or adherence to the misogynistic society they belong to.

When the bride disobeys the unwritten rules, the villagers' rage tacitly calls upon the Moon and Death, who, like midwives, accompany the Lover and the Groom to their inescapable deaths. Through its blend of realism, lyricism, and folklore, Blood Wedding exposes the conflict between the individual and society, the weight and appeal of tradition, and how patriarchy persists, championed and furthered by its victims, women.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

*Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

*Suitable for Ages:  14+

* Entry Policy: No entry once the show begins

*Content Warnings & Cautions: Violence, blood, tragic themes, references to death and murder, intense emotional content, strong language. 

* Mobile use is not permitted once the performance begins.

* Please turn off your mobile phones.

* Photography and recording of this performance is not permitted due to copyright regulations.

* Performance in English