Romeo and Juliet in Kathmandu Valley (Golden Goose Theatre)

By Moving Grounds Collective

Kathmandu, 2001. Inspired by Nepal’s Maoist Uprising. The landlocked nation’s civil war is escalating. Two feuding households: The Maoist underground bourgeoisie (Montagues) and the Royal establishment (Capulets) are forced to heighten their conflict due to our two famous lovers.

This adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (through the lens of both Shakespeare and David Garrick) transplants this well known play, into a real and recent conflict, drawing on Brechtian influence: state-controlled news broadcasts interrupt the stage action throughout, projected for the audience alone, so we watch official narrative get built in real time even as we watch it fail the people living through it.

Written by Ayos Kerung

Directed by Luke Vinecombe

Date & Time: Tuesday 6th October @ 8:30pm

Running Time: 60 mins

Content warnings: 16+, Use of knives, flashing lights, strong language, one kiss scene

Latecomers may not be admitted. ​Ticket purchases are non refundable.

Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.