Camden People’s theatre,London
Cabaret singing group the Ruby Dolls tackle domestic violence in their updated folktale that tempers its sinister edges with humourBilled as a gothic folktale in four-fraction harmony”, cabaret outfit the Ruby Dolls reimagine Bluebeard with a slight serve from Beyoncé, and David Bowie,Amy Winehouse, Rage Against the Machine and their own songwriting skills. Angela Carter’s famous feminist version is also very much to the fore in a 75-minute show that melds cabaret and storytelling to examine male coercion and violence and female agency, or but always with a light touch.
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Source: theguardian.com