Theatre Watch: In Defiance of Gravity
A dangerous game of power, seduction, and political intrigue.
Written and performed by Saul Boyer, and directed by Toby Hampton, In Defiance of Gravity gives us the story of Ezra Montefiore.
Ezra Montefiore is the greatest psychic to have ever lived. He’s a master of the séance, telekinesis, and spirit summoning. Eyewitnesses swear he can raise the dead, heal the sick, and levitate 70 feet into the air. He defies all scientific explanations. Or so he claims. Behind closed doors, it’s a different story: he’s an addict, a gambler, a fraud, and a mountebank – spending his days exchanging sexual favours with his landlady for room and board.
But when an unexpected encounter with Prince Felix Yusupov catapults Ezra into the world of Russia’s aristocracy, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of power, seduction, and political intrigue. As rumours of his affair with both the prince and his wife reach the ears of Rasputin, Ezra faces an impossible choice: denounce himself as a fraud or commit political murder.
When's it on?
Performance Dates:
- Thursday 1st August – Monday 26th August 2024
Location:
- Summerhall (Demonstration Room), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Box Office:
Tickets are available from www.summerhall.co.uk
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