Theatre

  • Fringe Festival

The Black Cat

Poe’s Gothic masterpiece - sinister crime and supernatural horror in an award winning production.

An old disheveled priest-like character with a top hat and long beard, is outside an old prison door. He's looking upwards perhaps in prayer. Through an opening in the prison door, we see the face of second man who seems alarmed.
Photographed on stage, a man in a white shirt and black trousers, sits on a chair looking pensive while a banjo playing priest-like character, leans over him in mockery.
Photographed on stage, a character stands on a chair looking skywards perhaps in prayer. The scene is bathed in bright red light. An out of focus second character, with a banjo, is moving past him.
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Image Credit: Leonie Van Eyk

An old disheveled priest-like character with a top hat and long beard, is outside an old prison door. He's looking upwards perhaps in prayer. Through an opening in the prison door, we see the face of second man who seems alarmed.
Photographed on stage, a man in a white shirt and black trousers, sits on a chair looking pensive while a banjo playing priest-like character, leans over him in mockery.
Photographed on stage, a character stands on a chair looking skywards perhaps in prayer. The scene is bathed in bright red light. An out of focus second character, with a banjo, is moving past him.

  • Performed by: Mark Penzak & Glendon Blazely

  • Original Music by: Glendon Blazely

  • Written by: Edgar Allan Poe

From a prison cell, a man struggles to understand fantastic events. Convinced that his cat is demonic, he charts his descent into unimaginable horror.

Adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic Gothic masterpiece, this cryptic tale explores the inmost recesses and the outermost limits of the human soul.

Brought to life by Mark Penzak’s compelling acting and Glendon Blazely’s original music, both of whom have been performing for over thirty years, The Black Cat oozes with sumptuous language and grotesque imagery.

This is a must see for lovers of powerful theatre, storytelling and Dark Romanticism.

'Stunningly conceived' 'Terrific performance' 'Blown away' 'Brilliant!' - Audience reviews.

‘One of the delights of Adelaide Fringe...two masterful artists have created an excellent, memorable theatre work.’ Lisa Lanzi, Stage Whispers Review

Nominated for a Greenroom Award for Music. Winner of Best Theatre Weekly Award Adelaide Fringe.

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