The Inn of the Dawn Horse - adult ticket

About The Inn of the Dawn Horse - adult ticket

A play by Joanna Foster based on the life and work of the artist Leonora Carrington.

Born in Lancashire, (1917-2011) Leonora was an innovator and trail blazer at the heart of the Surrealist movement in France. The play focuses on the fantastic visions which informed her life and painting and explores her relationship with the painter Max Ernst, her flight from the Nazis, her mental breakdown in a Spanish asylum and her recovery and re-invention of herself in Mexico where she settled and continued to paint until the age of 94. Her story is one of survival, resilience and wit and offers hope and courage to all who strive to live their true authentic self.

Leonora is a unique British artist, only now emerging from obscurity to worldwide recognition. I feel her story with its themes of women artists, those caught up in and fleeing wars and our relationship to the environment in a world out of balance, holds important messages for our times.

Across 10 days of Research and Development I will be working with six actors, a choreographer, designer and composer to bring Leonora's provocative images to life on stage and share her extraordinary story.

I would like to invite you to the public showcase in the theatre at Chats Palace on Friday 7th October at 7.30pm and hope very much that you can come.

Actors include Flora Spencer Longhurst, Adelle Leonce, Rebecca Crankshaw, Jude Akuwudike, Catalina Botello and James Clyde. Choreographer Elizabeth Ranken, Composer Max Wilson, Artist/Designer Mandee Gage, with directorial support from Rosamunde Hutt.

With thanks to Chats Palace and St James the Great Church.