Photo by Janice Saxon
“We wanted to think about how that story would work in a more modern setting, and we came up with the idea of: Rather than an old man and a young girl, it’s an old man and an old woman who have been married for 40 years, and behind each door is a memory of that life together. But she’s actually living with dementia, so she’s no longer able to access these memories. Bluebeard has become her carer, and he’s living with the emotion and loneliness of caring for somebody living with dementia, so it immediately becomes a much more accessible and relatable story, because it’s kind of a reflection of society as it continues to stand with an aging population and overly strained health services.”
- Daisy Evans, Stage Director & Co-Creator of Bluebeard’s Castle