The Tiger’s Bride

My father lost me to the Beast at cards…

Having fled abjection in Russia, Beauty and her father arrive in a small Italian village to find that all who come here must play a hand with La Bestia. After her father makes a very ill-advised bet, Beauty must come to terms with a frightening new home, a surprising offer, and a most unusual Beast.

Based on Angela Carter’s short story, The Tiger’s Bride is a modern reworking of Charles Perrault’s Beauty and the Beast, for adults. Turning the conventional fairy-tale on its head, this is a story of desire, rebirth and embracing the Beast in all of us.

“A plush and captivating take on one of Angela Carter’s famously subversive fairy tale retellings… There is luxury enough to sink into” – Daily Info

“A small-scale show thinking big. Wonderful” – Newbury Weekly News

Audience Comments

“[a] Thoroughly beautiful adaptation”

“Atmospheric, beautifully choreographed, fun at times & emotional!”

“Fantastic, original experience – loved every minute of it!”

“Magical, amazing, full of joy. Really captured Angela’s spirit!”

“inventive staging and production, beautifully-drawn characters, sensual and engaging”

“Innovative and Magical – a wonderful evening.”

“very thought provoking…Really lovely Theatre”

“Absolutely Beautiful. All the ‘feels’.”

“Gaspingly good. So, so tender”

“clever and amazingly engaging”