The British horror movie Saint Maud is to be tailored for the stage in a brand new manufacturing at Stay theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne this autumn.
Rose Glass’s atmospheric debut characteristic, launched to very large vital acclaim in 2020, starred Morfydd Clark as a troubled caregiver in Scarborough who develops a harmful obsession together with her affected person (Jennifer Ehle). The stage adaptation is by Jessica Andrews, whose novels embody the award-winning Saltwater, and it’ll characteristic new music by Gazelle Twin.
Stay theatre’s creative director, Jack McNamara, mentioned: “The movie is astonishing and we’re so honoured to be granted the world premiere rights. Jessica’s writing is among the many most original and highly effective I’ve come throughout since transferring to the north-east. She has a approach with phrases that’s virtually alchemical, and so I couldn’t consider a greater particular person to convey this horrifying story to life. And Gazelle Twin is one in every of my favorite musicians over the previous couple of years, so to have her rating this for us is simply immense.”
Andrews added: “Rose Glass’s movie is so compelling and visually arresting, and it’s very thrilling to have the chance to convey Maud’s darkish and troubling story to stage. My work is usually centred on the physique, and it’s so enriching for me to consider this inside the context of Saint Maud, and the bodily staging of a play.”
Saint Maud will run from 10 October to 2 November. Stay theatre additionally introduced two different new performs on Monday. The Bounds by Stewart Pringle is ready throughout a medieval soccer sport in a Northumberland village. It opens in Could after which runs at London’s Royal Courtroom in July; it’s within the first co-production between the 2 venues. Champion by Ishy Din, which is able to open in February subsequent 12 months, is ready in 1977 throughout Muhammad Ali’s go to to South Shields and observes the impact of the boxer’s arrival on two mixed-race brothers.
McNamara mentioned: “There are an terrible lot of loss of life knells being rung concerning the state of recent writing in the intervening time. However as somebody programming a brand new writing theatre I’m not seeing any lower of ambition, concepts and power. Instances are robust, sure, however there are writers on the market with huge issues to say and our job is to ensure they’ll preserve saying them, unfiltered.”
