Feiyang Xiang

Reading Time: 2 minutesBlue Beard is adapted from the 17th-century French folktale Bluebeard. Bluebeard is a wealthy and sinister nobleman who has been married six times to beautiful women, and his wives all mysteriously vanished. In director Emma Rice’s adaptation, Bluebeard (Tristan Sturrock) is portrayed as a magician who attracts his new bride, Lucky (Robyn Sinclair), through his magic performance. Additionally, the narrative introduces the sisters from the Convent of the Three Fs ("fearful, fucked, and furious"), as well as a storyline a boy (Adam Mirsky) searching for his sister (Mirabelle Gremaud). Rice adapted this folktale into a non-naturalistic style play, incorporating elements of musical, magic shows, acrobatics, projections, and other arts.