Lorca’s timeless tragedy reimagined

Blood Wedding tells the story of the effects of war on a human level – a never-ending circle of violence, blood and rivalry. And for Deborah Leiser-Moore, the piece is sadly all too relevant in 2025.

An adaptation of Lorca’s 1933 play, Blood Wedding was written amidst political extremism and calls for change and revolution.

Leiser-Moore positions the story in the here and now.

“Every day I hear stories on the news of an outbreak of war in some part of the globe, or another stabbing or machete attack in Melbourne. Families caught in conflict, homes and economies collapsed. It speaks to what is happening now – at this fragile time in the world,” she told The AJN. “At the end of the play, when asked: what happened? The character of the ‘weaver’ says: ‘what usually happens. The old religion of the knife. The taste for it buried in flesh. Real as lust’.”

Leiser-Moore described herself as a “madly passionate performance maker, director and lecturer” who has been immersed in the performing arts world since she was just three years old.