Details

Jane Avril, star of the Moulin Rouge and immortalised in Toulouse Lautrec's iconic posters, cordially invites you to that the living museum of pathology, that Versailles of pain...The Salpetriere Asylum. Join her, Professor Charcot and his junior staff Drs Freud, Tourette, Jung and Alzheimer in the waltz of modern psychiatry popularly known as The Fools Dance. The whole range of the Human Zoo will be present as Jane recounts her extraordinary journey from the brothel, to the asylum wards, to the Moulin Rouge. With an original score by Scottish hip hop artists Hector Bizerk, Crazy Jane is a spectacular dance theatre event. Crazy Jane will have embedded BSL and audio description in the style of the production.

Cast/Performers

Rachael Drazek, Pauline Knowles, George Drennan, Buchan Lennon, Caroline Parker

Creatives/Company

Author: Nicola McCartney
Company: Birds of Paradise Theatre Company
Director: Garry Robson
Choreographer: Janice Parker
Design: Jessica Brettle
Costume: Jessica Brettle
Lighting: Sergey Jakovsky
Music: Hector Bizerk