Barker’s version of Women Beware Women possesses a thrilling theatricality.

Middleton’s Jacobean play portrays a ruling class unable to divorce power from lust. With its remarkable fusion of periods Barker’s ruthless contemporary creation reaches conclusions, which are uncomfortable for democrats and authoritarians alike. This erotic thriller questions the very boundaries of morality as it hurtles us into a  challenging terrain, leaving the viewer breathless.