The Odyssey

Play :: show/work:S01617115326, production/tour:T0718949394

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4 May 05 to 7 May 05

The Odyssey Play :: listing:L1082154177, production:T0718949394, show:S01617115326, venue: V733

The Watermill Theatre Newbury Berkshire

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Homer's epic poem tells the story of the most famous fictional journey in Western Culture: The Odysseus finally reaches his homeland of Ithaka; ten years at war, ten years at sea: what does it mean to be a hero? Having faced the terror of Skylla, Charybdis and the Cyclops, resisted the charms of Circe and seen all his men die, he must now confront himself. Odysseus must meet the son he last saw as a baby and the wife he left twenty years ago, now he must face the suitors who have tried to take his place. The Watermill's Youth Theatre takes a meaningful sideways glance at myth, legend, and the history of travel. Where did we come from? - and how did we end up here? Homer would be turning in her four graves...
Author Homer. Producer The Watermill Youth Theatre. Adapted by Will Wollen. Director Will Wollen. Design Diego Pitarch. Music Paul Kissaun. Lighting Stuart Harrison.