"Rep theatre is alive and well in this pub attic, where Flywheel are midway through a six-play season. In between last week's Lysistrata and next week's Pygmalion is The Lodger, in a version combining Marie Belloc Lowndes' 1913 novel with Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film and adding its own mysteries. Shadow puppetry is used throughout, evoking luridly illustrated penny dreadfuls and silent cinema, with homages to Hitchcock's title cards."
"A killer known as the Avenger is at large: the victims are fair-haired women, their murders on Tuesdays. At one London boarding house No 13, natch a lodger (Charlie Woodward) comes under suspicion, a detective (Gabriel Lumsden) gets to work and golden-curled Daisy (Keziah Hayes) is caught between them under the gaze of a maid (Rachel Bardwell). Actor-adapter-director Jack Robertson's production, with compelling piano composition by Sarah Spencer, has exaggerated silent-film performances from actors in black and white costumes who mouth their words."
The Lodger is staged in a pub attic as part of a six-play season by Flywheel, combining Marie Belloc Lowndes' 1913 novel with Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 film and adding new mysteries. The production uses shadow puppetry to evoke penny dreadfuls and silent cinema, and includes homages to Hitchcock's title cards. A killer called the Avenger targets fair-haired women murdered on Tuesdays, centring suspicion on a lodger at boarding house No 13, a detective, a golden-curled Daisy, and a watching maid. Jack Robertson directs and adapts, with piano composition by Sarah Spencer, exaggerated silent-film acting, and integrated puppetry for action and crowds, producing a primarily comic show with ingenious touches and limited genuine chill.
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