Genre:
HISTORICAL
NEW WRITING

1 Night at Ford’s Theatre

18:00United Kingdom - England
Performer / Performance company

Eclipsing Stars

Tonight at Ford's Theatre, President Lincoln will be assassinated. John Wilkes Booth pulls the trigger while his brother, Edwin – the most celebrated Shakespearean actor of his generation – must live with the consequences. Guided by P.T. Barnum as ringmaster, audiences enter a circus of memory. History and spectacle collide as the Booth brothers' lives unfold against the backdrop of the Civil War. This musical, a work in progress by a former Cirque du Soleil trapeze artist turned historian, with music by an award-winning composer, is performed by graduate students from University of Cambridge.

Warnings
Age Suitability
Accessibility and enhanced performances

Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Accessible Toilets

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