Indhu Rubasingham directs the UK premiere The House That Will Not Stand, Marcus Gardley’s bewitching new drama of desire, jealousy, murder and voodoo.

Set in 1836 New Orleans following an era of colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana’s ‘free people of color’ are prospering. Beatrice has become one of the city’s wealthiest women through her relationship with a rich white man, but when her partner mysteriously dies the foundations of freedom that she built for herself and their three unwed daughters begins to crumble.

As society changes and the racial divide grows, the household turns on each other in a fight for survival and they face losing everything.