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Dance of Death

After 25 years the marriage of Alice and the Captain has become a bare-knuckle battle of vitriolic exchanges.

Stranded on a drifting raft the couple play cruel mind games and wait to see who will be annihilated first. A beacon of hope arrives as an old friend makes his way to their remote outpost. Can he disentangle the web of slights, lies and half-truths? Will he uncover the devastating effect their vitriol has had on his own family?

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The critical consensus

At its absurd yet entirely believable conclusion, their poisonous marriage has battered and seduced its audience in equal measure. Dance of Death is an exhausting encounter with a couple who, for better or worse, are most definitely in love.

****(*)Andy Edwards, TVBomb, 27/04/2016

This claustrophobic three-hander can be electrifying but Tam Dean Burn’s erratic Captain upsets the balance of a delicately calibrated conflict.

***(*)(*)Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 28/04/2016

Dance of Death is a ferocious late addition to the Citz’ programme, and a stunning platform to witness both Burn and McEvoy on blazing form.

Christine Irvine, Exeunt, 29/04/2016

Achieves a memorable poetic intensity, not easy to interpret in all its twisting depths, but impossible to ignore.

****(*)Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 29/04/2016

At 80 minutes straight through, Edmunds’s production is immersive in every sense. While at times painful to behold, Alice and Edgar’s circular battle is exhilarating and, in glimpses, all too believably human.

****(*)Allan Radcliffe, 29/04/2016

A fine and merry dance indeed, with an impeccable trio at the helm.

****(*)Lorna Irvine, The List, 03/05/2016


Features about Dance of Death

Candice Edmunds--The Dance of Death

Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 26/04/2016

Where and when?

Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow from Friday April 22, 2016, until Saturday May 7, 2016. More info: www.citz.co.uk

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