Prostitutes, Violette and Madame Briquet, dwell on the horrific demise of Madame Dubois. Méténier’s ploy in setting them up as targets of the killer, Jack. This, in turn, drags the audience into feeling simultaneously titillated and at risk themselves. The horrors of the Grand-Guignol consistently manipulate the audience’s anxiety about their own vulnerability. The cathartic experience of watching something terrible happen to someone else is always tempered by the fact that ‘next time it could happen to you’.

At your request, English Theatre Co. will present JACK! (one of the most famous plays from the Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris) in your own home!

JACK! one of the first Grand-Guignol plays, was first performed in 1897.

"Nothing more terrifying than our contemporary reality could be imagined, yet people flock to admire horrors..."

After the performance there will be a relaxed and informative discussion with the creators.

Horror made its debut at the Grand Guignol. The pace and tension of the action exceeded all expectations. The madness, poverty, and bloodshed were so realistic that doctors were always present at the performances, in case the audience became ill.

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