New Production of KISS MARRY KILL Will Embark on UK Tour

Kiss Marry Kill is an electrifying and intimate story of love and redemption.  Inspired by true events, this dramatic recreation from award-winning site-specific specialists Dante or Die, reimagines the first same sex marriage that took place in a UK prison.

Jay and Paul are both serving life sentences for homophobic murders. Incredibly, they fall in love and seek permission to marry.

Kiss Marry Kill zeroes in on the limits of our compassion, challenging our assumptions and preconceptions around sexuality, and the criminal justice system.

The production will tour to chapels across the UK and will preview in Kent in partnership with Ideas Test before opening to press at Stone Nest London on Thursday 18th April.  It will then travel to Manchester, Reading and Norwich with full tour dates. Casting will be announced shortly that will include ex-prisoners.

Take a seat on a prison bed and prepare for the action to take place in front, above and around you - in signature Dante or Die style. With live music from rapper Lady Lykez, this site-responsive production envelops audiences in the private spaces and conversations of a world rarely seen.

During the development of the production, Dante or Die has created two pathway programmes: a 6-week theatre project in HMP Swaleside and a 10 week training programme for ex-prisoners in partnership with Synergy Theatre.

Age guidance: 16+ and the running time is 90mins without interval.

Content warning: Discussion and descriptions of homophobic hate crimes. There are also scenes of a sexual nature, nudity, violence and strong language.

Kiss Marry Kill is funded by International Music and Art Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, Cockayne Grants for the Arts, PRS Foundation & Arts Council England.

Kiss Marry Kill is commissioned by The Lowry, South Street Reading & Ideas Test, with support from Norwich Theatre Royal & Stone Nest. The project was seed funded by IGNITE - York Theatre Royal with thanks to The National Theatre.

Dante or Die is supported by Garfield Weston Foundation and The John Ellerman Foundation.

Tour Dates

London - Stone Nest

136 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5EZ

16 - 26 April at 7.30pm

Press Night: Thursday 18 April

Reading - The Concert Hall

Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1QH

in Partnership with South Street Arts

30 April - 4 May

Tuesday - Friday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 2pm & 6pm

Salford - Hallé St Peter's

40 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6BF

in partnership with The Lowry

10 - 12 May

Friday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Sunday at 2.30pm

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