'He's a vampire. He sucks the life out of people because his own life bores him so much.'

A plague rages across Europe. On a remote island, former actress Alice and army Captain Edgar are quarantined together – locked in a bitter, brutal, and addictive marriage. When an old friend arrives to help celebrate their wedding anniversary, it's the perfect excuse for the couple to take their terrifying games to a new level.

August Strindberg's masterpiece Dance of Death is a darkly comic portrait of psychological warfare – a toxic love story that continues to thrill audiences today.

Richard Eyre follows a series of revelatory Ibsen productions with this new adaptation, premiering at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 2026.