Three shows come to Cambridge’s oldest building, The Leper Chapel
Cambridge’s environmental theatre company in situ is back with three different shows in the next month.
From 22-24 June Three Sisters takes centre stage, before on 1 July there’s Ghost Stories, a storytelling tour de force from director Richard Spaul. Then, from 13 to 15 July, there’s a version of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, titled Be Absolute for Death. All three take place at the city’s oldest complete building, the 12th-century Leper Chapel on Newmarket Road.
Three Sisters is one the the great plays of the last century. Anton Chekhov describes a group of people, all in reasonable material comfort, who are anxious, depressed, dazed – confused by ideas of the direction of life, the purpose of it, the point of it.
Ghost Stories features two tales from the dark side, as Richard tells Miss Mary Pask by Edith Wharton, and Pink May by Elizabeth Bowen. “Both tales,” says Richard, “as well as being deliciously scary, have remarkable twists and turns.”
in situ is best known as an ensemble group, and Be Absolute for Death is a fresh take on the world the Bard portrays in Measure for Measure, one of sleaze, sex workers and authoritarian government. All performances start at 8pm. Tickets for Three Sisters and Ghost Stories are £12, and £10 for Be Absolute for Death. Space limited, advance booking recommended.
