A piece of very black comedy, based on the gruesome true story of 3 rival dentists, and their search for an effective anaesthetic. Welcome to The Etherdome... In 1850s America, at the start of the so-called Scientific Age, major surgery is still carried out with only a stiff whisky to calm the nerves and tooth extractions with a bit of alcohol or a stick to bite on. A blood-spattered operating theatre was the stark reality. But all that was about to change. In a fairground tent, alongside tea-leaf fortune-tellers, an amazing discovery is made by accident. But who actually made it? Join Penny Dreadful as they travel from Carny Show to laughing-gas party, to nightmare operating theatre. Using high energy physical comedy, scary apparatus - and a bluegrass chorus - they follow the dentists on a journey that ends in addiction, lunacy, and death. But they leave behind a discovery that changes medicine forever.T01801096681Company Penny Dreadful. Director Mick Barnfather. Design Phil Eddolls. Lighting Christoph Wagner. Performer Dennis Herdman. Performer Denise Kelly. Performer Philippe Spall. | |
| 9 Nov 11 to 12 Nov 11 | Jacksons Lane, Outer London :: V312 listing details L1782466255 |
| 25 Oct 11 | Mumford Theatre, Cambridge :: V22 listing details L1178836231 |
| 23 Oct 11 | Theatre Royal, Winchester :: V782 listing details L01587621267 |
| 22 Oct 11 | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L1313304191 |
| 21 Oct 11 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L013631246 |
| 20 Oct 11 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L1127031940 |
| 30 Sep 11 | Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington :: V563 listing details L0202283007 |
T01975612674Producer Penny Dreadful. Producer Richard Jordan Productions Ltd (in association with Assembly). Director Mick Barnfather. Design Phil Eddolls. Lighting Christoph Wagner. Performer Dennis Herdman. Performer Denise Kelly. Performer Philippe Spall. | |
| 3 Aug 11 to 28 Aug 11 | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh :: V01847651945 listing details L979078224 |
