The Shroud
Of Charon
A Theatrical Production, co-written & co-directed by Lorenzo Fantini & Kai Hastur.
Starring, Grace Hendy, Jim Newman, Kai Hastur
Part of the London Lovecraft Festival at The Dayton Arms, London, 15th February & 16th February 2023
“In 1930s London, the controversial psychic researcher Arthur Adam-Meyers comes into possession of an ancient Egyptian treasure: The Amenthes Reliquary. Arthur is certain that this fabled chest possesses the secret of life beyond death, a prize which would finally prove his academic greatness.
Upon unlocking the Reliquary, Arthur discovers that it houses a mysterious woman, a chaotic messenger who speaks of, "The Shroud of Charon", an impossible boundary between dimensions and existence.
Arthur must push himself and the lost traveller to the very edges of sanity to discover where she really came from... and what lies beyond The Shroud of Charon…”
The following video clips were filmed especially for the website and highlight four key sequences from the performance.
The first clip is taken from the opening scene. Henry Chambers, his friend and former colleague, confronts him about his impossible task…
In the second clip Arthur has succeeded in unlocking the Amenthes Reliquary. To his astonishment he discovers it houses a mysterious woman, a chaotic messenger...Rhiannon.
In the third clip Arthur learns he has unwittingly released Rhiannon from an infernal prison. Now she reveals the traumatic events that led to her entrapment...
The final clip shows what happens to Arthur after he enters the Amenthes Reliquary and what lies beyond the Shroud of Charon...