Leeds Playhouse
Imitating the Dog recreate the groundbreaking 1968 horror film live on stage with remarkable results
This extraordinary shot-by-shot remake of George Romero’s 1968 cult horror film is obsessively detailed, carefully playful and impeccably timed. With intense precision, the Leeds-based company Imitating the Dog recreate every sharp, shadowy angle of the original flesh-eating story in this Wooster Group-inspired valentine to the game-changing horror flick. Directed by Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks, the production is trippily addictive; you don’t want to look away for a second.
There are two screens above the stage, side by side. On the first is Romero’s film, in which a group of strangers hide from zombies – or “ghouls”, as Romero called them – in a farmhouse in Pennsylvania. The second screen shows Imitating the Dog’s version, filmed live using three cameras – two handheld, one standing – right in front of the audience. The stage becomes an active film set. Laura Hopkins’ minimalist white set serves as the perfect backdrop for Simon Wainwright’s depth-expanding hand-drawn projections, and sliced plastic curtains around the stage let the cast come on and off at any point.
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