In development with Warhorse Theatreworks…

Before he closed his eyes, it was the eighteenth century and Alphonse Van Wouden was lost in the Saragossa mountains of Northern Spain.

There, he chanced upon an abandoned inn, that folklore said was managed not by the living but by the ghosts that had haunted it since the times of Arab rule.

When Alphonse opens his eyes, he finds that two hundred years have passed.

He’s in a strange room, in a deserted guest house in the East End of London. And people are watching him.

Stumbling from room to room, he meets the same characters he met centuries ago, as in a recurring nightmare.

The terrible twin Zoto brothers, notorious highwaymen and gangsters.

A Jewish mystic and his sister, who fashion a Golem from mud and bring it to life using ancient magickal spells.

The Gyspy Chief, king of every road, with a thousand camp fire tales to tell to pass cold nights beneath the stars.

And two immortal sisters: Arab princesses who read the Tarot and tell fortunes to people who pass through the guest house, as they recite the one thousand and one tales of Sheherazade.

Is Alphonse mad? Is he dreaming? Has he travelled in time?

Maybe if he can find the answer, Alphonse can go home.

Alphonse keeps blinking, but the audience won’t go away. Are they really ghosts, haunting him? Can they help Alphonse to find the way home?

In intimate performance and on the streets of Shoreditch, Warhorse Theatreworks brings dreams and nightmares of Georgian London to life.

Tags: Jan Potocki, Manuscript Found in Saragossa, Theatre, Warhorse Theatreworks