Escape to the hilariously tragic world of Madame Bovary — where love, mischief, and mishaps collide in a wild night of Victorian rebellion!
Emma Bovary is bored. She’s bored with her boring doctor husband, bored with her boring provincial village and bored with her role as a dutiful wife in (boring) nineteenth-century France. But Emma reads novels. Lots of novels. And in novels, life is much more fun… Now, four actors battle hilarious mishaps and misbehaving props to tell the (massively) tragic story of Madame Bovary.
Laugh and cry in equal measure as Emma Bovary chooses the wrong husband. Lose yourself in mesmeric love scenes featuring a stupendous collection of devastatingly handsome men. Question the impotence of women in a patriarchal, Victorian society (if you want). There will be vermin, visual absurdity, wild animals and a nun.
Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary was published in 1856, prosecuted for obscenity and hailed as the greatest novel ever written.
Flaubert’s complex novel is given a refreshing shake up in this irreverent, irrepressible and irresistible play.
2hr 25min. Incl. 1 interval.
Ages 12+.
5th December, 2024
11th January, 2025
By: John Nicholson
Director: Kirstie Davis
Station: London Bridge
Location: Fringe/Off West End
Bus numbers: Inner London Crown Court (Stop B): 35, 133, 343, 344
Directions from tube: Borough: Exit & turn right towards Newington Causeway. Located just before the railway bridge. Elephant & Castle: Exit via South Bank University Exit & turn left, head up Newington Causeway.
Emma Bovary is bored. She’s bored with her boring doctor husband, bored with her boring provincial village and bored with her role as a dutiful wife in (boring) nineteenth-century France. But Emma reads novels. Lots of novels. And in novels, life is much more fun… Now, four actors battle hilarious mishaps and misbehaving props to tell the (massively) tragic story of Madame Bovary.
The Massive Tragedy Of Madame Bovary runs for 2hr 25min. Incl. 1 interval.
The Massive Tragedy Of Madame Bovary is at London's Southwark Playhouse Borough, which is located at 77-85 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BD.
The Massive Tragedy Of Madame Bovary tickets start at £13.
Ages 12+.
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