Playing Edinburgh fringe 2025
Pleaseance Queen Dome 15.50 everyday 30 July - 25 August (not 12 Aug)
**** Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe
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LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE...
Andrew Borden and his wife Abby are found dead in Fall River, Massachusetts, August 1892. Their daughter Lizzie is the main suspect. Tried but acquitted of the crime, the story goes that she wielded the axe that killed them. Overnight, she becomes America's original 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' icon.
Set to bluegrass music and murder ballads, this irreverently presented, knee-slapping ensemble show fuses gallows humour and vaudevillian horror.
Supported by Unity Theatre, previously supported by US Embassy BAAS scheme
David Leopold, Sasha Wilson & Lawrence Boothman C. Alex brenner
Previous Performances
18 August 2018 Canary Wharf Garden Space
26 July - 16 August 2018 The Hope Theatre
03 May 2018 Rosson House, AZ USA
27 April - 6 May 2018 Taliesin West, AZ USA
13 July - 14 July 2017 King’s Head Theatre
03 April - 04 April 2018 Theatre N16
07 March - 11 March 2018 VAULT Festival
(if you are interested in programming please email claire@outoftheforesttheatre.com)
Sasha Wilson C. Reg Maddison
Press & Awards Include
WINNER VAULT Festival “People’s Choice” Award 2018
WINNER Off West End “Best Ensemble” Award 2018
NOMINATED Broadway World “Best Musical” Award 2018
★★★★ [Leaves you] wishing school history lessons had been as enthralling as this." - Theatre Weekly
★★★★ "An unorthodox delight." - London Pub Theatres
"A strong debut production from a fledgling theatre company." - Live Theatre UK
Lawrence Boothman, Sasha Wilson & David Leopold C. Alex Brenner
Production team
Writer - Sasha Wilson
Director - Vicky Moran
Set Designer - Damien Stanton
Lighting Designer - Will Alder
Costume Design - Helen Stewart
Stage Managemer - Zoë Mackinnon
Cast Lawrence Boothman, David Leopold, Sasha Wilson
Producer - Claire Gilbert for Out Of The Forest Theatre
Previously; performed by - David Leopold, Joseph Prowen & Sasha Wilson, produced by Joseph Cullen for Out Of The Forest Theatre, designed by - David Spence
With thanks to Sally Cheung, Sam Jenkins-Shaw, Mario Yniguez, Drew Leatham, Amy Rosenthal, David K. Barnes, Reg Madison