Mad Meg
by MAZPOD
Leeds, Sowerby Bridge, London (UK), Buenos Aires (Ar)
2015-17
Mad Meg is a collision of traditional folk and contemporary dance theatre. Threading moving bodies, storytelling, live folk music and driven by the wild rhythms of Appalachia, MAZPOD tell the demise of Mad Meg, an unruly woman whose spirit is at odds with the traditional society she lives in.
MAZPOD invite you to spend a night of storytelling with them in the local pub. As the tragedy unfolds, pass between narrators and characters in the tale and bounce from poignancy to bawdiness, uncovering Mad MegĀ“s story.
'An intense and intriguing production.' UK Theatre Network
'Hilariously funny' A Younger Theatre
Marianne Tuckman and Phoebe Ophelia Douthwaite are MAZPOD, a young duo finding innovative ways of telling stories using traditional folk mediums and dance theatre. Driven by the wild rhythms of Appalachia, their first work Mad Meg thrilled audiences throughout the UK iin venues ranging from theatres, pubs and community centres and internationally at Hasta Trilce Teatro, Buenos Aires with its startling union of bawdy humour and violent subject matter.
Image:Lidia Crisafulli
Feedback from a young adience member at Meeting Point (Armley, UK)
Re-staging for Hasta Trilce Teatro, 2016 (Buenos Aires)