Mull Theatre's

OPIUM EATER

by Andrew Dallmeyer

show

On Mull and small islands this summer

A most unconventional double-act! It’s Edinburgh, 1820, and Thomas De Quincey, the flawed English man of letters and laudanum addict, sits shivering in his dingy lodgings beneath a Grassmarket brothel. Driven by demons from without and within, he depends on his simple-minded servant Willie to bring him the narcotic he craves whilst he scribbles desperately to meet a deadline which has already passed.

Laugh-out-loud funny, tragic and deeply moving, this is an powerful and compelling portrait of a bizarre and symbiotic relationship.

"The wonderful mastery of image in the author's work is reflected in the dialogue" Robert Gore-Langton

"...combines an exuberant eccentricity with a genuine passion for words and a powerful economy of expression" Time Out

"... one of the best things I have ever seen in fringe theatre" Martin Cropper, The Times

DATE VENUE TEL TIME TICKETS

JULY        
Wed 14 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 cancelled
Thu 15 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 cancelled
Tue 20 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
Sat 24 Bunessan Hall 01688 302828 8pm £8/£6
Wed 28 Iona Hall 01688 302828 8pm £8/£6
Thu 29 Isle of Luing, Toberonochy Hall 01688 302828 7pm £8/£6
Fri 30 Easdale Island Hall 01852 300113 8pm £9/£7
AUGUST        
Tue 3 Duart Castle, Isle of Mull 01688 302828 8pm £8/£6
Wed 4 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
Tue 10 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
Wed 11 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
Tue 24 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
Wed 25 Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £10/£8
SEPTEMBER        
Wed 15 Glasgow, Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 7.30pm tbc
Thu 16 Glasgow, Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 7.30pm tbc
Fri 17 Glasgow, Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 7.30pm tbc
Sat 18 Glasgow, Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 7.30pm tbc
OCTOBER        
Tue 12 tbc
Wed 13 tbc
Thu 14 tbc
Fri 15 tbc
Sat 16 tbc

 

 

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