The Dark Carnival

Vanishing Point, in co-production with the Citizens Theatre, in association with Dundee Rep Ensemble

THIS PRODUCTION TAKES PLACE AT TRAMWAY 

A music and theatre spectacle, The Dark Carnival features sixteen performers and musicians. They tell the story of newcomers to the afterlife who discover that death is not actually the end. Incredulous at their continuity, they form their own necropolitan community where every night is party night: songs get sung, love gets made and whisky flows.

Above the ground, the cemetery brims with life. But a mysterious event throws the lives of the living into uncertainty. When news reaches the cemetery, an underground revolution begins, led by the stoical Mrs Mark and her band of necropolitans.

Created and performed by Vanishing Point and A New International, The Dark Carnival will transport audiences into an unexpected vision of the afterlife full of long-lost lovers, half-hearted ghosts, and songs. 

• DATES

  Date	Time	Information
  19 Feb	7.30pm	Preview
  20 Feb	7.30pm	Preview
  21 Feb	7.30pm
  22 Feb	7.30pm
  23 Feb	2.30pm
  23 Feb	7.30pm
  26 Feb	7.30pm
  27 Feb	1.30pm
  27 Feb	7.30pm
  28 Feb	7.30pm	Post-show Discussion
  1 Mar	7.30pm	Signed
  2 Mar	7.30pm

• Cast & Creative Team

  CREATIVE TEAM

  Conceived, written and directed by  Matthew Lenton

  Songs and lyrics by Biff Smith

  Music by A New International

  Set and Costume design by Kenneth MacLeod

  Lighting design by Simon Wilkinson 

  CAST

  Olivia Barrowclough

  Malcolm Cumming (Robertson Trust Citizens Theatre Actor Intern)

  Elicia Daly

  Peter Kelly

  Natali McCleary

  Ramesh Meyyeppan

  Ann Louise Ross