TWO sisters plot the murder of their mistress – but it has to be right, it has to be perfect – in Jean Genet’s French drama The Maids, staged in a new adaptation by York company Hedgepig Theatre this spring.

“Ritual turns to compulsion, compulsion turns to obsession, until their world unravels around them,” says director Andy Curry, whose cast will feature Gemma Sharp and Anna Rose James, each as sisters Solange and Claire, and Victoria Delaney as Madame.

“Genet’s blackly comic play follows the winding paranoias and destructive power plays of two sisters, trapped between their love and hatred of their mistress and each other, and our dark, claustrophobic production will combine our trademark flair for storytelling with jarring movement work, live music, innovative visuals and striking design,” he adds.

Curry is accompanied in the Hedgepig production team by costume designer Julia Smith, lighting designer Kelli Zezulka, filmmaker Mike Ritchie, composer Alexander King, movement director Sarah Cotterill and stage manager Sandrine Enryd Karlsson.

Their staging of Genet’s 1947 play can be seen at the Rural Arts Courthouse, Thirsk, on May 21 at 7.30pm; Seven Arts Theatre, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, May 29, 8pm; and The Fleeting Arms, Gillygate, York, June 4 to 6, 7.30pm and 2pm Saturday matinee.

Tickets for Thirsk cost “Pay What You Think”, as part of the Courthouse’s FRESH event payment scheme for the summer season, on 01845 526536 or at ruralarts.org; Leeds, £8, concessions £6, 0113 26 26 777 or sevenleeds.co.uk; York, £8, concessions £6.50, via facebook.com/fleet ingarmsyork

Please note: this production contains language not suitable for younger children.