Dead Dog in a Suitcase (And Other Love Songs) A New Beggar’s Opera

Kerry Frampton is Artistic Director of Splendid Productions, professional clown, theatre practitioner, director, writer and designer. Kerry specialises in work that is physical, theatrical, devised, anti- fourth wall, audience-centric, political, joy-filled, heart breaking and ensemble-based.

Kerry trained at Bretton Hall, University of Leeds. She set up Splendid Productions in 2003 and has directed, adapted and regularly performed in their annual creative adaptations of classic texts since 2004.

Carl Grose’s plays include: Grand Guignol, Superstition Mountain, Gargantua, Horse Piss For Blood, The Kneebone Cadillac and 49 Donkeys Hanged. For twenty-six years he worked with the internationally acclaimed Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh, as writer, actor and co-artistic director.

Writing for Kneehigh includes: Tristan & Yseult (with Anna Maria Murphy), Hansel & Gretel, The Wild Bride, The Tin Drum and Dead Dog In A Suitcase (and other love songs) – a new Beggar’s Opera.

Other writing includes: The Dark Philosophers and Never Try This At Home (Told By An Idiot); Oedipussy (Spymonkey); Wormy Close (Soho Theatre); The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (RSC) and The Hartlepool Monkey (Gyre and Gimble). He also wrote the book and co-lyrics for Bristol Old Vic’s West End musical The Grinning Man, and Princess & Peppernose, a short film directed by Joe Wright.

Death, violence, mature themes, strong language, animal death. 

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