Adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's gothic horror of a not dissimilar title - where film and reality entwine. This is the tale of a crusty old cinema called the Empire. It's the tale of Liquid Film, a long defunct celluloid mixture whose leaked ghosts still flicker in the old fleapit's archives. It's the story, in glorious Technicolor, of the House of Usherettes and of its Fall. Enter Forkbeard's bizarre and hilarious world of wild mechanical sets, cobwebbed wurlitzers, shark-infested developing tanks and film spliced into live action. The Fall of the House of Usherettes website.T01560766539Company Forkbeard Fantasy. Design Penny Saunders. Lighting Marcus Bartlett. Sound Joe Bone. Other Robin Thorburn (cinematography). Performer Tim Britton. Performer Chris Britton. Performer Ed Jobling. | |
| 23 Jan 06 to 28 Jan 06 | Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886 listing details L71467969 |
| 21 Nov 05 to 22 Nov 05 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L1458793693 |
| 16 Nov 05 to 19 Nov 05 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L1864357098 |
| 14 Nov 05 | Buxton Opera House, Buxton :: V424 listing details L01577608088 |
| 1 Nov 05 to 5 Nov 05 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L830369332 |
| 26 Oct 05 to 27 Oct 05 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L01205308389 |
| 19 Oct 05 to 22 Oct 05 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01858347326 |
| 10 Oct 05 to 15 Oct 05 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L939895653 |
| 3 Oct 05 to 4 Oct 05 | Ariel Centre, Totnes :: V02125563039 listing details L1937062772 |
| 28 Sep 05 to 29 Sep 05 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L1686417758 |
| 15 Sep 05 to 24 Sep 05 | The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886 listing details L700858943 |
| 20 Oct 97 to 25 Oct 97 | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol :: V857 listing details L082514270 |
| 17 Mar 97 to 5 Apr 97 | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Outer London :: V315 listing details L1622833078 |
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| 27 Nov 05 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L1999416000 |
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| 27 Feb 97 | The Gantry, Southampton :: V779 listing details L144588668 |
| 6 Dec 96 to 8 Dec 96 | St Luke's Theatre, Exeter :: V888 listing details L0832859511 |
| 5 Dec 96 | Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater :: V921 listing details L2034003483 |
| 4 Dec 96 | Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport :: V909 listing details L01953478009 |
| 23 Nov 96 | Theatre in the Mill, Bradford :: V968 listing details L1847247508 |
| 21 Nov 96 to 22 Nov 96 | Epstein Theatre, Liverpool :: V537 listing details L1852938114 |
| 12 Nov 96 to 16 Nov 96 | The Arts, Belfast :: V551 listing details L02071261406 |
| 12 Nov 96 to 16 Nov 96 | Old Museum Arts, Belfast :: V988 listing details L0901146440 |
| 8 Nov 96 to 9 Nov 96 | Lemon Tree, Aberdeen :: V587 listing details L01559357363 |
| 7 Nov 96 | MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling :: V642 listing details L0695162033 |
| 29 Oct 96 to 2 Nov 96 | Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh :: V606 listing details L0473821282 |
| 25 Oct 96 | Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal :: V6 listing details L044403565 |
| 24 Oct 96 | Lancaster Arts, Lancaster :: V522 listing details L0944752433 |
| 18 Oct 96 to 19 Oct 96 | The Met, Bury :: V476 listing details L0799763043 |
| 15 Oct 96 to 16 Oct 96 | Mumford Theatre, Cambridge :: V22 listing details L01376729062 |
| 13 Oct 96 | Phoenix Arts, Leicester :: V432 listing details L01835478996 |
| 11 Oct 96 to 12 Oct 96 | Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824 listing details L0987177494 |
| 10 Oct 96 | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea :: V833 listing details L2119707168 |
| 10 Sep 96 to 28 Sep 96 | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Outer London :: V315 listing details L01885517102 |
