AN AMBITIOUS reimaging of Romeo and Juliet is to be performed in Manchester’s Victoria Baths.
The production has been created by HOME, an organisation formed by a merger between Manchester’s Library Theatre Company and Cornerhouse, and will be directed by Walter Meierjohann.
The Eastern European-inspired production takes place at three locations in the historic baths and the three pools will be filled with 86,000 gallons of water.
It has an original score and promises to take audiences into a mysterious criminal underworld.
“The common thread we’re interrogating in our site-specific programme is the idea of belonging,” said Walter.
“Our take on Romeo and Juliet is a contemporary fairytale, set in a menacing and violent criminal underworld of Eastern Europe.”
Romeo and Juliet will be complemented by a Balkan-style score specially written for the production by Macedonian composer Nikola Kodjabashia and performed live by actor-musicians.
Performances take place between September 10 and October 4.
For tickets visit homemcr.org.
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