Details

Based on a film by Jan Svankmajer. A couple, desperate but unable to start a family, develop an intense relationship with a tree stump carved to look like a baby. Believing it to be real, gradually their obsession brings the lump of wood to life. As the fixation grows, so dies the 'baby' along with its monstrous appetite. Not content with baby food, it eats the family cat and then the postman. Things get stranger when the social worker arrives to see what's going on.

Cast/Performers

Sandy Grierson, Pauline Goldsmith, Ewan Hunter, Louise Ludgate, Gary Mackay, Elaine MacKenzie Ellis, Andrew Melville, Rebecca Smith, Ann Scott-Jones

Creatives/Company

Adapted by: Matthew Lenton
Producer: National Theatre of Scotland
Company: Vanishing Point (in association with the Citizens' Theatre)
Director: Matthew Lenton
Design(s): Kai Fischer, Finn Ross (video), Ewan Hunter (puppet)
Lighting: Kai Fischer
Sound: Chris Shutt
Costume: Becky Minto