Blood Wedding
Theatreworks
St Kilda
Theatreworks,
14 Acland Street
St Kilda, VIC 3182 Australia
St Kilda, VIC 3182 Australia
Date
23 Jul –
02 Aug
About the Show
Adapted from the original play by Federico García Lorca
Blood Wedding tells the story of a forbidden love between two people born into feuding families. Originally penned in 1933 amidst political unrest and calls for revolution, this bold new adaptation brings Lorca’s work into sharp focus for a contemporary audience—resonating deeply in today’s uncertain world.
At its core, Blood Wedding explores the personal toll of conflict and the silencing of women in patriarchal societies. It’s a battle of tribe against tribe, class against class—building to a tragic climax.
With striking projections, a visceral soundscape, and physical, stylised performance, this production interrogates inherited traditions, gender roles, moral boundaries, freedom, and the raw, destructive force of love—and violence. The blade, both literal and symbolic, becomes a chilling throughline. These themes remain just as urgent today as when Lorca first wrote them.
Knives. Knives. Curse the man who invented them. Do you know what a knife can do? Ever stuffed salt into a knife wound? Pushed a man’s insides back into his belly? Ever seen someone split from throat to groin? Don’t tell me not to talk about knives—I know knives.
— Mother, Blood Wedding
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Adapted from the original play by Federico García Lorca
Blood Wedding tells the story of a forbidden love between two people born into feuding families. Originally penned in 1933 amidst political unrest and calls for revolution, this bold new adaptation brings Lorca’s work into sharp focus for a contemporary audience—resonating deeply in today’s uncertain world.
At its core, Blood Wedding explores the personal toll of conflict and the silencing of women in patriarchal societies. It’s a battle of tribe against tribe, class against class—building to a tragic climax.
With striking projections, a visceral soundscape, and physical, stylised performance, this production interrogates inherited traditions, gender roles, moral boundaries, freedom, and the raw, destructive force of love—and violence. The blade, both literal and symbolic, becomes a chilling throughline. These themes remain just as urgent today as when Lorca first wrote them.
Knives. Knives. Curse the man who invented them. Do you know what a knife can do? Ever stuffed salt into a knife wound? Pushed a man’s insides back into his belly? Ever seen someone split from throat to groin? Don’t tell me not to talk about knives—I know knives.
— Mother, Blood Wedding
Date
July 23, 2025
August 2, 2025
About the Show
Adapted from the original play by Federico García Lorca
Blood Wedding tells the story of a forbidden love between two people born into feuding families. Originally penned in 1933 amidst political unrest and calls for revolution, this bold new adaptation brings Lorca’s work into sharp focus for a contemporary audience—resonating deeply in today’s uncertain world.
At its core, Blood Wedding explores the personal toll of conflict and the silencing of women in patriarchal societies. It’s a battle of tribe against tribe, class against class—building to a tragic climax.
With striking projections, a visceral soundscape, and physical, stylised performance, this production interrogates inherited traditions, gender roles, moral boundaries, freedom, and the raw, destructive force of love—and violence. The blade, both literal and symbolic, becomes a chilling throughline. These themes remain just as urgent today as when Lorca first wrote them.
Knives. Knives. Curse the man who invented them. Do you know what a knife can do? Ever stuffed salt into a knife wound? Pushed a man’s insides back into his belly? Ever seen someone split from throat to groin? Don’t tell me not to talk about knives—I know knives.
— Mother, Blood Wedding
Read More
Adapted from the original play by Federico García Lorca
Blood Wedding tells the story of a forbidden love between two people born into feuding families. Originally penned in 1933 amidst political unrest and calls for revolution, this bold new adaptation brings Lorca’s work into sharp focus for a contemporary audience—resonating deeply in today’s uncertain world.
At its core, Blood Wedding explores the personal toll of conflict and the silencing of women in patriarchal societies. It’s a battle of tribe against tribe, class against class—building to a tragic climax.
With striking projections, a visceral soundscape, and physical, stylised performance, this production interrogates inherited traditions, gender roles, moral boundaries, freedom, and the raw, destructive force of love—and violence. The blade, both literal and symbolic, becomes a chilling throughline. These themes remain just as urgent today as when Lorca first wrote them.
Knives. Knives. Curse the man who invented them. Do you know what a knife can do? Ever stuffed salt into a knife wound? Pushed a man’s insides back into his belly? Ever seen someone split from throat to groin? Don’t tell me not to talk about knives—I know knives.
— Mother, Blood Wedding
Date
July 23, 2025
August 2, 2025
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