One Man Poe arrives at the Hollywood Fringe Festival from the United Kingdom, after a sold-out 21- show run at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it also won the Spookies Award for Best Horror Solo Show.
To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death in 1849, Stephen Smith performs four of the American author’s most spine-chilling classics, back-to-back and unabridged. In one show: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum. In the other show: The Black Cat and The Raven. You can watch whichever double-bill you like, or book both shows for the full “marathon of the macabre”.
Poe’s archaic language paired with Smith’s award-winning tour-de-force performance offers gothic horror fans and classical literature lovers an atmospheric theatrical experience, rich with imaginative storytelling, original sound design and music.
A huge fan of the late Roger Corman / Vincent Price’s Poe-cycle when a child, Stephen Smith
reignited his love of classical horror stories during the pandemic by creating online renditions of Poe’s work via Facebook Live. When the theatres reopened, he combined four of Poe’s most popular pieces in a solo show and named the extravaganza One Man Poe.
First performed in 2021 at Watford Palace Theatre, One Man Poe has had multiple runs in London, on tour in the UK and internationally in Dubai and Off-Broadway in New York. Since its premiere in 2022 at the Poe Fest International in Baltimore MA and at the Poe Museum in Richmond VA, One Man Poe has been booked for those events on an annual basis.
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Directed & Performed by Stephen Smith
Music by Joseph Furey / Sound Design by Joseph Furey and Django Holder
Supported by Watford Palace Theatre & The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Produced by Threedumb Theatre (www.threedumbtheatre.com / @3dumbtheatre)
Venue: The Broadwater (Studio), 1078 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Dates: 17, 18 and 20 June
Schedule:
17 JUNE @ 5:00PM = Show 1: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum (60 mins)
17 JUNE @ 6:30PM = Show 2: The Black Cat and The Raven (55 mins)
18 JUNE @ 5:00PM = Show 1: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum (60 mins)
20 JUNE @ 6:30PM = Show 1: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum (60 mins)
20 JUNE @ 8:00PM = Show 2: The Black Cat and The Raven (55 mins)
Show Listing / Ticket Link: https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/11442
Ticket Price: $15.00
★★★★★ “Edgar Allan Poe himself would love this powerful performance” The Derek Awards
★★★★★ “A terrifying horror experience that you will struggle to beat” North West End
★★★★★ “The definitive Fringe interpretation of these already much-loved works” The Wee Review
★★★★★ “A captivating night of terror, guilt, grief and murder most foul ” Broadway Baby
★★★★★ “This show quite literally took my breath away” Everything Theatre
★★★★★ “A terrifying horror experience” North West End
