Cast announced for immersive adult fairy tale

Casting has been announced for London's new immersive masquerade ball, Red Palace, due at The Vaults from 24 September 2019 through to 12 January 2020.

Following the huge success of Divine Proportions, Shotgun Carousel return to The Vaults with a Gothic cabaret guided by an irresistible tale.

Join The Prince and meet the court; witness the beautiful, the brilliant, the wanton, the bizarre - nothing and no one is what they seem.

Red Palace is inspired by the vicious narratives of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen but these are not the fairy tale characters we think we know as Snow White joins Gretel, mermaids and the Big Bad Wolf.

With the allure of the carnivals of Venice, topped-up with the Gothic macabre of Edgar Allan Poe, audiences must dance, dine and discover the mystery at the heart of the masked ball.

The stories threaded through the production look behind the mask to explore power and duplicity.

The Red Palace sheds the binds of gender and sexual conformity to release a world of pleasure and freedom.

The wholly female and non-binary cast of players, aerialists and cabaret artists includes ...

Ella Prendergast (Secret Cinema presents Bladerunner: The Final Cut)

Teddy Lamb (Since U Been Gone, HighTide)

Porscha Present (Divine Proportions, The Vaults) and

Emer Dineen (The Dark Side of Love, Camden Roundhouse).

Actors and circus artists include ...

EM Williams (Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Harold Pinter Theatre)

Rosie Rowlands (Anna Nicole, Royal Opera House)

Emily Essery (Doctor Dolittle, UK tour), and

Rebecca Solomons (Hive City Legacy, Roundhouse) will also join the company.

Completing the ensemble are ...

Steffi Walker (Baba's War, White Bear Theatre and War Festival)

Megan Ford (Feminasty, UK tour)

Eleanor Dillon-Reams (HoneyBEE, Edinburgh Fringe)

Camilla Harding (The Tempest, Rose Playhouse), and

Alice Morgan-Richards (Alice's Adventure's Underground, The Vaults).

Gastro-storyteller and Masterchef semi-finalist Annie McKenzie will provide an exclusive menu for booked diners to enjoy a decadent evening of feast and fantasy (subject to limited availability).

Director Celine Lowenthal commented ...

"I am so thrilled to be working with our extraordinary cohort of performers on Red Palace, and it is a pure delight to be able to introduce our audiences to such a fantastic range of experienced and charismatic artists.

We are drawing together a phenomenal array of Shakespearean character actors, death-defying circus performers, cabaret and burlesque royalty, with some of the most experienced immersive and promenade actors in the UK.

You name it, we've got it: tarot readers, improvisational comedians, singer-songwriters, contortionists, drag kings, MCs - all ready to bring their phenomenal array of talents to the wild and exciting Red Palace experience.

And, as always with Shotgun Carousel, we are proud to be introducing to you an all-female/non-binary/trans cast, celebrating, elevating, and providing a platform for the artists we most want to see centre stage.

I can't wait to begin our exciting new collaboration!"

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