It goes like this... Vindici's girl is dead. Murdered by a corrupt and lusty old Duke. What follows is a black comedy of vice and deceit, with twists and turns of a plot that will lead our Vindici to... well, what we nowadays call a rock and a very hard place.

The play uses a cast of just four actors, who take you on a gleeful journey of revenge in Soop's humorous interpretation of Thomas Middleton's masterpiece.

Striking masks, extraordinary puppets and Soop's highly theatrical style reinvigorates Jacobean theatre. SOOP and their director Nathan Chapman push aside the intervening centuries without a by-your-leave to give clear sight of the wit and clever intrigue of the original play.

There are strong parallels with that most famous revenge tragedy of all, Hamlet, with the two plays sharing similar plot elements - The Revenger's Tragedy even has its very own 'skull scene'. But “the main difference is the central character's willingness to take action,” Chapman suggests. “Whereas Hamlet spends four and a half hours wondering whether he should kill his uncle, Vindici jumps straight on in there. There is something very naughty, even gleeful, about the way characters in Revenger's commit sinful acts. That's where it is subversive, and where there is material for a black comedy. The Revenger's Tragedy is like Hamlet without the moralistic thumb-twiddling!”

If you fancy a Jacobean romp, or just want to be entertained, this is for you.

Some scenes of a sexual nature. Parental guidance advised for under 14's.