Caligari (2022)
New Diorama x Underbelly Edinburgh | August '22

UNDERBELLY UNTAPPED AWARD WINNER 2022

From New Diorama Theatre, Underbelly and Methuen Drama

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Tonight, a new Caligari comes to life – accompanied by a five-piece band.

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Off West End Award-winning Chewboy Productions present their minty-fresh take on a German horror cult-classic.

Five actor-musicians reimagine the seminal silent film, this time with the doctor’s victims taking centre stage. 

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Embracing the long shadows and broad brushstrokes of German expressionism, ChewBoy’s Caligari exposes parallels between post-war Weimar and the UK today – an ever-widening class divide, a subconscious need for a tyrant, and an unwillingness to rebel against deranged authority.  

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CREATIVE TEAM

Written by ............................. Georgie Bailey

Directed by ................................. Lucy Betts

Lighting Design by ....... Chloe Stally-Gibson

Designed by ................... Hal Darling 

Movement Direction by ... Adrian Quinton

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