For 65 years people from all over the world walked the streets of Pigalle, the notorious red light district of Paris, in search of thrills & titillation. At the end of the Cité Chaptal stood a building that would give them all they were looking for, & more: Le Théatre du Grand Guignol. EAT invite you to an evening of frights & delights as they take you on a journey into this unique theatrical genre.
THE MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL by Gaston Leroux Based on the short story ‘L’homme qui a vu le diable’ by the author of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’. A group of hunters seek shelter...
EAT Theatre brings you three short plays that explore the darker side of the human condition. Two are by a true forgotten hero of British Grand Guignol, Frederick Witney. The naturalistic viciousness that Witney injected into his writing resulted in Coals of Fire being banned outright when submitted for a licence for the 1920s London Grand Guignol. A blind woman warms herself by a fire whilst as a younger woman confesses that she is having an affair with her husband, with dire consequences!
The Last Kiss is Witney's darker, and altogether nastier, adaptation of a Maurice Level...
