THE WOMEN OF TROY
August 18th 2008 03:40
Sydney Theatre Company presents
THE WOMEN OF TROY
By Euripides
Adapted by Barrie Kosky and Tom Wright
Directed by Barrie Kosky
16 SEPTEMBER TO 26 OCTOBER 2008 (OPENS 20 SEPTEMBER AT 8PM) WHARF 1, SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY, PIER 4 HICKSON ROAD, WALSH BAY THEN TOURS TO MELBOURNE’S MALTHOUSE FROM 6 NOVEMBER 2008
Sydney Theatre Company presents The Women of Troy by Euripides, adapted by Barrie Kosky and STC Associate Director Tom Wright following the huge success of their last award-winning collaboration, The Lost Echo. The cast includes Robyn Nevin directed by Kosky for the first time, as well as Melita Jurisic making a welcome return to STC following her memorable performances in The Three Sisters, Mourning Becomes Electra and Tartuffe. The production is at Wharf 1 from 16 September 2008.
Troy is a ruin. The men and most of the children are dead and the surviving women await transportation or death as the city burns around them. Robyn Nevin plays Hecuba, once the most powerful woman in the empire, awaiting an uncertain future haunted by memories, visions and prophecies. She is visited by her seemingly mad daughter Cassandra, her grieving daughter-in-law Andromache and the woman who triggered the whole catastrophe, Helen – all three portrayed by Melita Jurisic.
Arthur Dignam portrays Menelaus alongside an ensemble of exceptional vocalists as chorus, with live music featuring throughout, including the haunting, melancholy songs of 17th Century composer John Dowland.
For Kosky, The Women of Troy is the third instalment of a trilogy of Euripides, following his acclaimed Medea at the Vienna-Schauspielhaus and The Bacchae as part of STC’s The Lost Echo. Distilling the essence of this masterpiece to reveal a disturbing and visceral chamber work, he and Wright focus their unique theatrical force on the realm of mythology, illuminating its enduring connection to the contemporary world.
cast PATRICIA COTTER, ARTHUR DIGNAM, NATALIE GAMSU, MELITA JURISIC, ROBYN NEVIN, KYLE ROWLING, QUEENIE VAN DE ZANDT, JENNY VULETIC music performed live by DARYL WALLIS
director BARRIE KOSKY
set designers BARRIE KOSKY & ALICE BABIDGE
costume designer ALICE BABIDGE
lighting designer DAMIEN COOPER
sound designer DAVID GILLIFRAN
fight director KYLE ROWLING
assistant director BEN WINSPEAR
venue Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company
previews 16 – 19 September 2008 at 8pm
season FROM SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER TO 26 OCTOBER 2008
twilights Mon 22 Sept, Mon 29 Sept, Mon 6 Oct, Sun 19 Oct, Sun 26 Oct 6:30PM
evenings TUESDAY - SATURDAY 8PM
matinee WEDNESDAY 1, 8, 15 OCTOBER 1PM, WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER 12:15PM, SATURDAYS 2PM
night with actors Monday 6 October at 6.30pm post-show discussion with the cast and creative team
tickets $77 / $62 CONCESSION MATINEE $68 / $56 CONCESSION
bookings STC BOX OFFICE (02) 9250 1777 / TICKETEK 132 849
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