Body 115

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A tale of old flames, of broken hearts and open roads...Escaping the London rain, a journey on the Underground becomes a descent into the underworld in this mod…
A tale of old flames, of broken hearts and open roads...Escaping the London rain, a journey on the Underground becomes a descent into the underworld in this modern day take on Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. From the terraces at Millwall to fashionable Milan expect shadowy encounters, dodgy connections and chance meetings with a host of poet ghosts.'Body 115' is an epic poem, a tale of inner and outer journeys in explicit homage to Dante's Divine Comedy.From the rain-washed, subterranean underworld of Kings Cross 'Body 115' - the long unidentified victim of the 1987 fire - becomes Virgil to Noble's Dante. A rhapsodic paean to the trammelling ecstasy of loss. A trans-European odyssey turned safari of the soul.'A triumph in poetic theatre performance. Utterly captivating' THE REVIEWS HUB'One hour of literary and poetic brilliance.Not to be missed.' A YOUNG(ISH) PERSPECTIVE'Where theatre meets poetry, history and time travel Jan Noble has gilded tonsils' LONDON PUB THEATRES MAGAZINEApprox running time: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval)
Tickets: 16 + booking fees'Body 115' will be published alongside 'My Name is Swan' by Ink & Ribbon in October 2026
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The Blake Theatre
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