Hackney Empire Studio Presents LULU October 6-24

RIFIFI PRESENTS LULU BY FRANK WEDEKIND Directed by Rachel Snider at Hackney Empire Studio 6th October - 24th October 2009.

When it was written in the 1890s, Wedekind's sex tragedy about the ultimate femme fatale who meets her end on Jack the Ripper's blade was considered too dangerous and scandalous for anyone to dare stage. A century later the cruel, violent and erotic tale of the woman who uses
sex as a means of survival retains its bloody edge and still has the power to leave audiences gasping.

Drawing heavily on the writer's inspiration of cabaret and circus, the action in Rififi's new production takes place on the set of a life sized toy theatre amongst swirling and burly male predators, a rollerball countess, an eight foot animal tamer, wandering jazz beauty and a live sextet cabaret band. This expressionistic pantomime world provides the setting for the events of this the stark and visceral tale of sex, self-destruction and death.

Directed by Rachel Snider and devised with the company, Lulu is presented by Rififi who are committed to creating work with fierce narrative drive with a surrealist aesthetic.

Rachel Snider worked with the performance artist Bobby Baker on How to Live at The Barbican before training at Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris where she also worked part time as a magician's assistant. Since graduating she worked with Robert Wilson at The Watermill before
forming Rififi.

291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ
Box Office: +44 (0)20 8985 2424
boxoffice@hackneyempire.co.uk

6th October - 24th October 2009

Tuesday - Saturday 7:30pm

Tickets - £12.50. Concs: £10.50. Friends: £9.50

 

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