The Pardoner's Tale
29 October – 1 November 2019
James Street Tavern, Oxford Covered Market
Popping up in the James Street Tavern, The Covered Market and other spaces, our raucous three-hander adapted Chaucer’s tale into a modern adaptation of greed and trickery. Written and adapted by Christmas favourite Gari Jones, The Pardoner’s Tale preached and pick-pocketed its way into the 21st century, 800+ years after the original was written.
With the hope to eventually adapt this into a full length version of The Canterbury Tales further down the line, we weaved in some post-show talks and audience feedback to test the water. The show was produced in partnership with Professor Marion Turner at TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities).
“A brilliant bitesize chunk of Chaucer” Sean Maclachlan, Daily Info
