Quest: A Tell-Tale of the Heart

Media Release For Immediate Release July 2008

The Blue Room and X-RoaDS COLlectIVE present Quest: A Tell-Tale of the Heart

The Australian premiere of writer/performer Warren Antoine Herbu’s latest work, Quest: A Tell-Tale of the Heart, is the second incarnation of his solo show originally staged in London, coming to the Blue Room Theatre 20 August – 6 September, 2008.

Awarded Best Male Actor at London’s Act Provocateur Solo Festival in 2007, Herbu returns to his home town of Perth to enchant audiences with a visceral performance that wields its way through a fragmentary parade of short stories and poetry from the arch-priest of gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe.

The life and work of Poe is shrouded in mystery, madness and the macabre. Herbu uses these themes in a combination of evocative imagery, creative movement, traditional storytelling, and live original music (performed by Elisa Siipola from Jasmine Loop Control), to thread together a tale of terror.

Edgar is a man who lives in a haunted, decaying mansion with nothing but his disturbed memories of the past. When an angel appears and invites him to go on a Quest, Edgar sets out on a mystical journey – filled with strange characters, cryptic clues and worlds real and imagined – into the darkness of his heart and mind.

X-RoaDS COLlectIVE has come together with a commitment to create highly original and whimsical physical theatre that entertains, mystifies, and stirs the depths of the imagination.

This latest incarnation of Herbu’s solo show has been closely workshopped and devised in collaboration with actor/musician Brodie Caporn (The Mozart Faction, What a Man’s Gotta Do), who will make her directorial debut with this production.

Later this year Steven Berkoff, the International patron of the school at which Herbu and Caporn trained – Total Theatre, descends on Perth with his own adaptation of The Tell-Tale Heart. In the meantime, witness local artists X-RoaDS COLlectIVE pay their unique homage to Poe and his classic tale.

Quest: A Tell-Tale of the Heart August 20th – September 6th Tuesday – Saturday @ 8pm Tickets: Full $22 / Conc. $15 Blue Room Members: Full $18 / Conc. $12

The Blue Room Theatre 53 James Street Northbridge Bookings: (08) 9227 7005 / www.pacs.org.au

Interviews, photo opportunities, excellent show images and competition prizes available on request. Media contact: David Hall / 0423 083 004 / viddy88@gmail.com