The Abbatoir Pages
Guerrilla Zoo and FoolishPeople present
The Abattoir Pages
Written and directed by John Harrigan
Thurs 22nd - Sat 31st October 2009
The Abattoir Pages
Written and directed by John Harrigan
Thurs 22nd - Sat 31st October 2009
Guerrilla Zoo and FoolishPeople present The Abattoir Pages, an immersive Halloween event, hosted in a vast, secret subterranean landscape that was once one of London's largest abattoirs.
The Abattoir Pages combines immersive performance, art installation, haunting and treasure hunt-style device to form a labyrinth of mystery and horror, exposing the earliest Gaelic and Pagan rites. Once inside, audience members will be free to explore the abandoned underground chambers, join the secret party or may be caught in the middle of the most terrifying of puzzles.
Synopsis
This Hallowe’en, the infamous horror author Helen Mayer will hold court at a debauched secret party. She will share the perverse and warped research conducted inside the old abandoned abattoir, which was the genesis of her greatest work. In this dark playground, the very nature of human terror has been tested, abused and fed into the living story 'The Forest'.
The author invites you to solve the puzzle and unlock the terrifying history within the old and powerful pages hidden throughout the slaughterhouse. Each holds a key to learning the truth of an ancient tale, which will ensure your survival.
Tonight, a debt will be repaid to blood dishonoured. An eternal nightmare rises up from the depths of the dark boreal forest, in the shadow of the mountain. It comes to feed on new meat inside an old abattoir.
The Abattoir Pages marks the evolution of the open source meta event as FoolishPeoplepartner with Guerrilla Zoo in an exciting first-time collaboration of two of London's most renowned art organisations alongside cutting edge artists and performers. In addition we are excited to have the infamous purveyors of fine adventures, Hunter-Gatherers as part of our outstanding creative team. The production follows FoolishPeople's critically acclaimed sell-out run of 'Cirxus' at the Arcola Theatre and precedes Guerilla Zoo's 'Season of Alejandro Jodorowsky' productions. ‘The Abattoir Pages’ is the prologue to a new, large scale work which will be undertaken by FoolishPeople in 2010.
Creative Team
John Harrigan
James Elphick
P. Emerson Williams
Lucy Allin
Victoria Karlsson
Tereza Kamenicka
Jenny Reina
Byrony Henderson
Listings Information:
The Abattoir Pages
22 October - 1 November 2009
7.30pm, 8.30pm & 9.30pm entrance times
• Halloween Matinee Performances Sat 31st Oct & Sun 1st Nov 4.00pm
Entry price £15
Limited edition tickets £20
All tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE
Tuesday 27th Pay what you can- Subject to availability
NOTE: Not suitable for people of a nervous disposition. Limited disabled access.
Location: The Old Abattoir, 187- 211 St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, London. EC1V 4LS
Nearest Stations: Faringdon and Barbican
The Abattoir Pages combines immersive performance, art installation, haunting and treasure hunt-style device to form a labyrinth of mystery and horror, exposing the earliest Gaelic and Pagan rites. Once inside, audience members will be free to explore the abandoned underground chambers, join the secret party or may be caught in the middle of the most terrifying of puzzles.
Synopsis
This Hallowe’en, the infamous horror author Helen Mayer will hold court at a debauched secret party. She will share the perverse and warped research conducted inside the old abandoned abattoir, which was the genesis of her greatest work. In this dark playground, the very nature of human terror has been tested, abused and fed into the living story 'The Forest'.
The author invites you to solve the puzzle and unlock the terrifying history within the old and powerful pages hidden throughout the slaughterhouse. Each holds a key to learning the truth of an ancient tale, which will ensure your survival.
Tonight, a debt will be repaid to blood dishonoured. An eternal nightmare rises up from the depths of the dark boreal forest, in the shadow of the mountain. It comes to feed on new meat inside an old abattoir.
The Abattoir Pages marks the evolution of the open source meta event as FoolishPeoplepartner with Guerrilla Zoo in an exciting first-time collaboration of two of London's most renowned art organisations alongside cutting edge artists and performers. In addition we are excited to have the infamous purveyors of fine adventures, Hunter-Gatherers as part of our outstanding creative team. The production follows FoolishPeople's critically acclaimed sell-out run of 'Cirxus' at the Arcola Theatre and precedes Guerilla Zoo's 'Season of Alejandro Jodorowsky' productions. ‘The Abattoir Pages’ is the prologue to a new, large scale work which will be undertaken by FoolishPeople in 2010.
Creative Team
John Harrigan
James Elphick
P. Emerson Williams
Lucy Allin
Victoria Karlsson
Tereza Kamenicka
Jenny Reina
Byrony Henderson
Listings Information:
The Abattoir Pages
22 October - 1 November 2009
7.30pm, 8.30pm & 9.30pm entrance times
• Halloween Matinee Performances Sat 31st Oct & Sun 1st Nov 4.00pm
Entry price £15
Limited edition tickets £20
All tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE
Tuesday 27th Pay what you can- Subject to availability
NOTE: Not suitable for people of a nervous disposition. Limited disabled access.
Location: The Old Abattoir, 187- 211 St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, London. EC1V 4LS
Nearest Stations: Faringdon and Barbican
