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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

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A staging of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart runs at The MAC.

About it

Award-winning theatre company Tinderbox presents a bold new one-person reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s iconic The Tell-Tale Heart, adapted and directed by Patrick J O’Reilly.

The perfect alternative for Valentine’s season, this haunting new adaptation blends physical theatre, memory and psychological horror. Think the eerie atmosphere of Widows Bay and American Horror Story, as the past begins to distort, haunt and refuse to let go.

Step into the dark with us.

Fans of horror, literature, theatre lovers, and psychological thrillers will be drawn into a tense, unsettling one-person reimagining of Poe’s classic, blending physical theatre, memory and gothic atmosphere.

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More dates

  • Wed 10 Feb 2027, 7.30pm
  • Thu 11 Feb 2027, 7.30pm
  • Fri 12 Feb 2027, 7.30pm
  • Sat 13 Feb 2027, 2.30pm
  • Sat 13 Feb 2027, 7.30pm
  • Sun 14 Feb 2027, 2.30pm

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