The Fan Carpet Are Excited To Share The News That SCREEN REBELS Will Return in February With THE SHROUD OF CHARON

A New Cosmic Horror Mystery

A 60 minute Original Theatrical Production

Written & Directed by Lorenzo Fantini & Kai Hastur CAST: Grace Hendy, JB Newman, Kai Hastur

The Drayton Arms Theatre, London

WED 15 & THU 16 FEBRUARY 7pm

Independent producers Screen Rebels are thrilled to announce their return to live theatre as part of the 2023 London Lovecraft Festival with a new, original production, The Shroud of Charon. Written by Lorenzo Fantini and Kai Hastur, the play is inspired by HP Lovecraft’s seminal works of cosmic horror and sees the team once again working with Rebels actor alumni Grace Hendy (Game of Thrones) and JB Newman (The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, Area 52).

Following their sell-out residency showcasing original writing for film and theatre at The Phoenix Artist Club in 2017, the company shifted focus to developing short films including Walk With Me and London in 2019 (both 2019). The Shroud of Charon was originally slated to appear as part of the London Lovecraft Festival in 2020 before the industry’s closure during the pandemic resulted in the festival’s hiatus. This provided the opportunity to develop the script and characters further, resulting in a production guaranteed to provide thrills and chills in the intimate performance space of The Drayton Arms Theatre.

Set in 1936 and firmly placed within Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, the play follows the controversial psychic researcher Arthur Adam-Meyers in his attempts to unlock an Ancient Egyptian artefact. Upon opening the strange object, his discovery of a mysterious woman inside - and her descriptions of a cosmic gateway to other dimensions - take Arthur to the brink of sanity in his obsessive pursuit of the secrets of the afterlife.

Founder, Lorenzo Fantini said, “We’re delighted to return to live performance alongside a host of other brilliant productions as part of the London Lovecraft Festival. Screen Rebels specialises in creating fantastical worlds in intimate live spaces, and this new play guarantees to take our audience on a mysterious and terrifying cosmic journey. Kai, Grace and Jim share an irresistible chemistry on the stage and we can’t wait for people to join us in discovering what lies beyond The Shroud of Charon...”