Fusebox Productions presents

A newadaptationof the short storybyAlexander S. Pushkin

WrittenbyRaymondBlankenhornConceivedanddirectedbyMaxHoehn

TheQueenof Spades

12 October – 12 November 2011 8.00pm (mat 3.00pm)

Written by Raymond BlankenhornConceived and directed by Max Hoehn

Costume and set design by Valentina RicciMusic and sound design by Daniel Saleeb

TheQueenof SpadesAnewadaptationof the short story byAlexander S. Pushkin

What is our life? A game!

Hermann will stop at nothing to discover the secret of the three cardgambling trick that will make his instant fortune.

In the first major theatrical adaptation of the story outside of theopera house in the UK, Pushkin’s classic novella is reinvented as athrilling drama of the imagination, bringing the lyricism and satiricalqualities of the original to life. His story is revealed to us in a series ofdreams that take us from the bedroom of an old, dying Countess tothe gambling tables of St Petersburg. Accompanied by original musicand sound design by Daniel Saleeb (Yellow, Riverside Studios), RaymondBlankenhorn’s verse adaptation draws on material from acrossPushkin’s work, in particular the playful spirit of his narrative poems.

An unmissable opportunity to experience the work of Russia’sgreatest poet in the UK.

Praise for Fusebox:

Best of all was Fusebox’s Midnight ClosesRupert Christiansen on the Tête á Tête festival, 2011

Praise for Max Hoehn:

Directed with intelligence and economy by Max Hoehn���� The Telegraph on The Emperor of Atlantis, 2011

A Must SeeThe Stage on The Master and Margarita, 2010

Fusebox Productions presents

Box Officewww.arcolatheatre.com020 7503 1646

Tickets £15 (£11 concessions)

Matinees 22, 29 October; 5, 12 November 3.00pm

Pay What You Can Tuesdays (tickets in person from 6.30pm - subject to availability)

£10 Opening Performances: 12, 13, 14 & 15 October (not bookable online)

Arcola Theatre24 Ashwin StreetDalston, London E8 3DL

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