Tommy's new adaptation, combining music and poetry, of Federico Garcia Lorca's haunting masterpiece receives it's world première at the Royal and Derngate

In a close-knit community in rural Spain, a long-term feud between two warring households simmers under the burning sun.

A desperate mother reluctantly agrees to her son’s choice in bride, but on the day of the wedding her worst fears are realised when the bride disappears with a former lover. The flames of the family feud are re-ignited, and the fleeing couple are cornered in the depths of a mysterious forest.