Grand Guignol, Southwark Playhouse, review: backstage at the gory theatre of horror
So legendary were the gory, blood-spattered productions of Paris's Theatre du Grand-Guignol at the end of the 19th century, the name itself became shorthand for horror. Simon Stokes' revival of Carl Grose's affectionate pastiche leads us backstage - but for the most part is neither chillingly grisly nor camply comic enough to really thrill.