THERE'S a blood-curdling treat in store at Bridport's Lyric Theatre.

The Thelmas presents Ladykiller on Thursday, March 5 at 7.30pm.

Audiences can enter the theatre if they dare.

A hotel room, a chambermaid and a dead woman. It’s not what it looks like, really, it’s not. It was self-defence... and anyway the woman was asking for it.

The chambermaid considers herself to be a pretty normal person; she reads books. She pretended to read the party manifestos at the General Election. She’s even read The Psychopath Test and she’s pretty sure she’s not one so...

After rave reviews and sold out shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and Vault Festival 2019, Ladykiller is a blood-soaked morality tale about victimhood, power and flipping the gender rulebook on psychopathy. Charting one woman’s journey from violent oppression to bloody revolution, it is the (gruesome) quintessential jet-black comedy for the age of the gig economy.

Directed by Madelaine Moore and written by Madeline Gould, The Thelmas’ Ladykiller heads over to Broadway in May after its UK run, so be sure to catch it here first!

*Ladykiller, Lyric Theatre, Bridport, Thursday, March 5. Tickets are £12 from Bridport TIC on 01308 424901 / bridportandwestbay.co.uk, and on the door. Doors & bar open 7:30pm for a prompt 8pm start. Ladykiller contains strong language and adult content, so is advised for ages 16 and over. This play contains complex themes of murder, assault and abuses of power, graphic visual representations of blood, and graphic descriptions of violence and autopsy.

Selected dates on tour are presented by house, a project delivered by Farnham Maltings and funded by Arts Council England: housetheatre.org.uk