The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hugo's Paris of bells, beggars and forbidden love — staged as sweeping dance-drama with our full company.
The production
Sanctuary, Sung And Danced
Quasimodo rings the bells of Notre Dame and watches the Feast of Fools from above — until Esmeralda's kindness draws him down into a Paris of courts, soldiers and Frollo's terrible certainty. Sanctuary is claimed, broken and claimed again.
Our adaptation moves between text and choreography: the cathedral is built from twelve dancers and three bells, and the Feast of Fools spills into the aisles. Marcus Bell plays Quasimodo; Elena Marsh dances Esmeralda.
What the evening includes
- A company of eighteen actors and dancers with live percussion
- Belltower installation in the foyer, rung by the audience
- Audio-described performance on Jul 6 with touch tour
- Post-show discussion on staging classic novels, Jul 7
“A cathedral made of bodies, a finale made of silence. The most physical storytelling Lumen has ever staged.”
— Troy Evening Gazette
