Madame La Mort
Madame La Mort is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at theSpace @ Symposium Hall. It has 6 performances listed, running from Mon 24 Aug, 22:20 to Sat 29 Aug, 22:20. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Set in a decaying attic by the sea, this radical reworking of Rachilde’s French Symbolist play traces two people entangled in cycles of violence, care and control. Language fractures between clinical detachment and intimate confession as survival becomes performance. Lucie constructs narratives to contain horror; Paul absorbs and repeats them. Outside, the world remains distant, almost imagined. Blurring tenderness with complicity, the piece interrogates how violence and pain are rationalised, inherited and finally, endured. Visceral and claustrophobic, Madame La Mort stages the moment where care turns dangerous – and escape becomes implausible.
Details
- Venue: theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- Space: Annexe
- Genre: THEATRE, Adaptation, Experimental
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 50 minutes
- Room size: about 55 seats (Annexe) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 6, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Shallow ramp from Hill Square. Level access through building into the theatre. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 6 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
Madame La Mort is an artful reinterpretation of its source material, told with passion, though it is perhaps best-suited for those familiar with Rachilde’s work and Symbolist theatre.
— The Student (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Mon 24 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 22:20 — Already performed — £12.00