A man is lying on top of a church baptismal font with his arms and legs extended outward. The baptismal font is made of stone with multiple tiers, situated on a stone base, inside a church with arched windows and historic architecture.
A woman in a military-style uniform is holding a colorful, patterned fabric while standing inside a church with stained glass windows and wooden pews. A man and another person sit in the background.
A person dressed as a soldier holding a bow and arrow inside a church, with another person sitting on a stone pillar and a man sitting on the ledge with a surprised expression.
A young person wearing a gray cap and black jacket, looking down at and reading a booklet, in a room with stone walls and wooden chairs, with a bright window in the background.
A man with a beard wearing a top hat and striped shirt smiling and gesturing with his hands indoors, with a stone pillar on his right and a wooden door in the background.
A person dressed as a soldier playing a violin, standing inside a church with a stained glass window in the wall behind.

The Soldier’s Tale

Directed by Carl Boardman

A soldier returning from war strikes a deal to sell his battered old fiddle to The Devil on a promise of ‘wealth untold’. When he later discovers he’s been cruelly tricked out of everything he holds dear, he sets out on a new path.


100 years since it was first performed, Sabotage Theatre collaborated with chamber orchestra BRIDGETOWER MUSIC in a staging of Stravinsky’s trail-blazing music theatre masterpiece, at the JAM on the Marsh Festival in 2018.

A young man with blue eyes and brown hair playing a violin outdoors, wearing a green military-style cap and coat, with green foliage in the background.