After a critically acclaimed run last year and performances at the Royal Opera House and La Monnaie, 555: Verlaine en Prison returns to Grimeborn.

555: Verlaine en prison tells the untold and unjust story one of France’s most celebrated poets, Paul Verlaine who shot and injured his lover, the 17-year old poet Arthur Rimbaud. Despite Rimbaud dropping the charges, Verlaine’s homosexuality ensured that he received the maximum sentence – 555 days in Mons prison. 555: Verlaine en Prison, weaves together settings of Verlaine’s poetry by Debussy, Hahn and Fauré and extracts from his letters and poems to tell the poet’s extraordinary story in his own words.

Cast & Creatives
Writer/Countertenor: Logan Lopez Gonzalez
Writer/Director: Eleanor Burke 
Actor: Anna Sideris
Pianist: Stella Marie Lorenz

Performances
ARCOLA THEATRE
24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL

Wednesday 4th September 2024, 7.30pm
Thursday 5th September 2024, 7.30pm
Friday 6th September 2024, 7.30pm
Saturday 7th September 2024, 3.30pm & 7.30pm