The Laudanum Project are a theatre company hailing from Melbourne, Australia.
They were founded in 2009 and to date have written and produced 3 one act plays:

‘The Terrible Account Of The St Fiacrius Orphans’
(2009-10)
Melbourne International Comedey Festival
 
‘The Penny-Toy Man’
(2010-11)
Melbourne Fringe Festival
 
‘Ballad Of The Plague Doctor’
(2012-13)
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Sandhurst Gaol as part of the Engine Room Season
for The Capital Theatre, Bendigo

'The Grand Guignol Automaton'      (2014 - 2015)
Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Halloween performance at Ararat Lunatic Asylum.
Old Castlemaine Gaol.
Farewell Halloween performance at The Butterfly Club

'The Baby Farmer'                          (2017 - ?)

A Book (Cohesion Press) A Play. An Exhibition.

Coming to the 2017 Adfelaide Fringe Festival

In addition to they plays they have recorded their own version of Mary Howitt’s 1829 poem ‘The Spider And The Fly’ which appeared along side artist Chloe Neath’s ‘Spider’ artwork at the 2013 Co.Lab exhibition in Bendigo.

The Laudanum Project deal in intricate and powerful storytelling that takes it’s cues from the masters such as Poe, Dickens and Bradbury. Underneath the seething monologues and poetry sits a dark and unsettling soundscape that serves as a constantly shifting soundtrack which accompanies the entire story from beginning to end.
The overall effect is traditionally theatrical yet intensely cinematic as the audience are coaxed into horrific worlds and scenarios that they very often end up painting themselves.
The Laudanum Project are:
Nick Ravenswood as Alphonse Cheese-Probert

Words

Gareth Skinner as Captain Enoch Malleus

Music

‘The Terrible Account Of The St Fiacrius Orphans’

“This liquorice black old school horror tale is so impeccably told that it seriously disturbed Cringe and her plus-one” - Rebecca Cook, Cultural Cringe - Inpress.

‘The Penny-Toy Man’
“This new work by The Laudanum Project is in a genre of its own creating replete with fascinating, unforgettable images. Be warned.” - Liza Dezfouli, Inpress.

‘Ballad Of The Plague Doctor’
“... The killings are so graphic they make Dexter look like child’s play.” - Amanda Sherring, Buzzcuts Reviews.

'The Grand Guignol Automaton'  "Evoking Jean Genet and the penny dreadful, it both thrills and repulses, and will haunt you for days.” -
Christopher Fieldus, Hana Theatre Journal