“We’re telling a story of loneliness – how it can manifest in an extreme way,” says Jack McNamara, artistic director of Newcastle upon Tyne’s Live theatre, which is about to stage an adaptation of the indie horror film Saint Maud. “It can be euphoric. It can be violent.”
Writer-director Rose Glass’s debut feature quickly garnered a cult following on its 2020 release. Set against Scarborough’s seafront, the film centres on Maud, an isolated Catholic nurse living with and caring for terminally ill Amanda, an older dancer whose cancer has deprived her of her beloved art form. As Amanda’s health deteriorates and another woman, Carol, starts spending nights with her, Maud sinks deeper into her religious rituals, losing her grip on reality as she becomes obsessed with saving Amanda’s soul.
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