2008
devised and performed by the company
Battersea Arts Centre
Sarah Davey-Hull
Marianne Badrichani
Caroline Garland
Sarah Goddard
Ita O’Brien
Oliver Langdon
Kai Simmons
Will Kempsall
Claire Wyatt
The audience were invited to Fat Doreen’s Wedding as guests. Audience members played the Groom, Best Man, Father of the Bridegroom and Mother of the Bride, everyone was a guest. As such the audience members made speeches, cut the cake, ate cake and were driven away in the bridal cars. On the surface a normal wedding yet underneath a murder mystery – the cake was poisoned and the bride had a concealed knife…
This was an experiment in how much the audience could do (and how little the actors) and how far an audience will venture to change the course of the action.
“Loved going out into the street and waving off the happy couple. Theatre is more fun when it involves innocent bystanders wondering what the hell is going on”
“Bizarre, exciting, Very imaginative. Unexpected”.
“Brilliant – both in its concept and execution”