Stage: By the seat of your pantos

The Wardrobe Theatre present their acclaimed and outrageous anti-panto Oedipuss in Boots at Upstairs at Three and Ten

If you like your festive theatre to be slightly more edgy, adult even, then look no further that Upstairs at Three and Ten where Puss may not be going to London but there’s a definite promise of Dick.

Oedipuss In Boots is a new mother-loving puntomime full of dark, twisted, adult humour, outrageous costumes, hilarious characters and far too much anthropomorphism for its own good.

After a sold-out run at Bristol’s Wardrobe Theatre in 2012 and a memorable turn at Shambala Festival 2013, Oedipuss In Boots’ original all-male cast return for another anti-Christmas celebration this December. Oedipuss In Boots also features new music composed especially for the production by disco punk legend Kid Carpet
(Kid Carpet & The Noisy Animals, Blast Off, The Lost Present).

Far away in the kingdom of Thebes, the royal kitten Oedipuss is cast with the dark prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. After being abandoned, Oedipuss thought he’d found happiness and a new home but instead his world is thrown head over paws and he goes on a journey meeting monsters, villains and heroes as he tries to outrun his future and is forced to confront who and what he is.

Oedipuss In Boots was adapted and devised by The Wardrobe Theatre as the venue’s second in-house Christmas production. In making the show, the venue brought together a stunning team including members of several fantastic theatre companies including FellSwoop Theatre (Ablutions, Belleville Rendez-vous), The Wardrobe Ensemble (Riot, 33), Closer Each Day (The Improvised Soap Opera), Gentlemen Jack Theatre, The Original Spinners and Bristol Old Vic Young Company (The Life After, The Distance Of The Moon).

Oedipuss in Boots, Upstairs at Three and Ten, Saturday 7– Friday 13 December 2013, 7.30pm,
£7.50–£11
Suitable for 14yrs+
Box Office: 07800 983 290
www.upstairsatthreeandten.co.uk