More than a century ago, the blood flowed freely at Theatre du Grand Guignol, a Paris playhouse founded by Oscar Méténier. Onstage tales of horror, mutilation and torture inspired incredibly realistic ...

Like any proper horror narrative where the innocent-eyed girl informs the audience that no, the terror has not been vanquished and the demons are about to return to ...

Hidden in an old chapel in Paris, the Grand Guignol was the home to on-stage horror, with grisly, lo-fi special effects – plus sex – to tantalise the crowds. There is one reliable way for theatre to ...

“The act of creation reaches its culmination, completion and true fulfillment in the act of the separation and disposal of waste” – Zygmunt Bauman In Paris, in the old red-light Pigalle, stood an ...

Sketch comedy troupe The Tragedies made a bold transition this season, adopting the guise of the Grand Guignol, a famed French theater known for its shockingly graphic, perverse productions. Performed ...

There are certain things a theatergoer can pretty much depend upon when visiting the Hypnodrome, the home of Thrillpeddlers — one of the few companies in the world (if not the only one) dedicated to ...

On last weekend’s Penny Dreadful, the Frankenstein Monster told a sad tale. The creature was born in agony and fear and abandoned on sight. Left to its own devices. No love. No nurturing. A witness to ...