Two people, perhaps complete strangers, go to bed together. But what happens next?
Gripped by the Great Freeze of 1947, with wolf-whistling spivs and other
predatory characters skulking round every corner, London could be a dangerous
place for an unwary girl. In this immersive theatre installation, audiences
are invited to step back in time into the bedroom of young waitress Ruby Hunter,
where they listen to an apparently familiar tale unfold. But there is always more
than one side to every story. What really happened? How well do we ever know the
people we get into bed with?
Through the curtain and between the sheets, in the space between fairy tale
and wickedly subversive horror, Big Teeth weaves together elements of Red Riding Hood,
1940s detective serials and recorded sound into a bedtime story with a bite. Expect
red cloaks, wolves, and suspiciously tasty pies.
Big Teeth was originally developed with Upstart Theatre as part of Upstart's
second annual DARE Festival, and staged in the atmospheric basement beneath Shoreditch
Town Hall. Entering Ruby's bedroom in pairs, audience members are invited to explore
the space, listen to a crackling soundscape playing from her radio, sit at her
dressing table and flick through her movie magazines, and then climb into her bed to hear her story.
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Previous Shows
The Brick Box Rooms, Bradford, 5-8 July 2018
Leeds Central Library, 12-13 May 2018
Caravansérail, London, 23-24 February 2018
Treadwell's Bookshop, 20-22 October 2017
Shoreditch Town Hall, 29-30 September 2017
Listen to excerpts from the show here:
Ruby - Elizabeth Dearnley
Stephen - David Sturzaker
Director - James Blakey
Sound Design and Audio Editing - Tamsin Dearnley
Production Assistant - Mieke Dodd
Written and designed by
Elizabeth Dearnley
for Red Hood Productions
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Developed with
Upstart Theatre at DARE Festival with further support from the Bloomsbury Festival.