The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary
Tuesday 19:30
Theatre Royal Winchester
Now, four actors battle hilarious mishaps and misbehaving props to tell the (massively) tragic story of Madame Bovary.
Date
June 4th 2024 at 19:30 - June 5th 2024 at 21:30
Event details
Address:Theatre Royal Winchester
Jewry Street
Winchester
Postcode:SO23 8SB
Tickets:Tickets from £14.50 Members Offer 10% off tickets (excluding band C)
Contact Information:01962 840 440
boxoffice@playtothecrowd.co.uk
Open hours:Tue 04 Jun 2024 - Wed 05 Jun 2024
Tue – Wed 7.30pm
Matinée (Wed) 1.30pm
Twitter:https://twitter.com/TRWinchester
Description
Emma Bovary is bored. She's bored with her boring doctor husband, bored with her boring provincial village and bored with her role as a dutiful wife in (boring) nineteenth-century France. But Emma reads novels. Lots of novels. And in novels, life is much more fun… Now, four actors battle hilarious mishaps and misbehaving props to tell the (massively) tragic story of Madame Bovary.
Laugh and cry in equal measure as Emma Bovary chooses the wrong husband. Lose yourself in mesmeric love scenes featuring a stupendous collection of devastatingly handsome men. Question the impotence of women in a patriarchal, Victorian society (if you want). There will be vermin, visual absurdity, wild animals and a nun.
Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary was published in 1856, prosecuted for obscenity and hailed as the greatest novel ever written. Flaubert's complex novel is given a refreshing shake up in this irreverent, irrepressible, and irresistible play.
Accessibility
Access for wheelchair users
Adapted toilet
Assistance dog
Level access toilet
Seat available