"Deadly dance to the electric chair...'

Hummingbird promise a darkly-beautiful story of love and murder at The Warren on May 18 at 6.15pm and May 20-21 at 4pm.

Spokeman Adam Gordon said: “This physical theatre production by young, Lecoq-trained company Tooth+Nail is acrobatic, delicately seductive and spiked with black humour.

“Like latter-day Macbeths Ralph Conti and Edith Cole lead each other ever further into darkness along a path that ultimately leads to the electric chair.

“The show is inspired by the infamous Lonely Hearts Killers who entrapped their victims through newspaper small ads in the USA in the early 1950s. From this starting point Tooth+Nail have crafted a production that is highly physical with a distinctive visual style – more a tapestry of fragments and clues than a straightforward three-act drama.

“In telling their tale the cast of three have blended acting and acrobatics in order to vividly convey emotions and morals teetering on a deadly brink.”

Harriet Feeny (28), who plays Edith, said: “It’s easy to see her as the victim of a powerful man, but I don’t think that’s accurate. They are in love, each giving the other permission to go further.”