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The Flies - Les Mouches archiveSartre tells in The Flies "the tragedy of liberty against that of fatality". The Flies are the symbol of the burden of fate. Fear is what drives people, today, to become, like in Argos, ghost like, fed by TV and sugary sodas. "THE FLIES meets Fight Club" is a raw performance with live music! a Greek myth, revealed as a bloody tale of liberty: Orestes comes back to his birth-place of Argos to find a whole population under the oppression of fear and guilt: They all bear the burden of his father Agamemnon's assassination by Clytemnestra, his mother, and her lover Aeghistaeus some fifteen years ago. The flies are constantly tormenting Argos. He discovers his sister has been turned into a servant and tries to lead a revolution. Orestes decides to kill Aeghisteus and Clytemnestra. "The painful secret of Kings and Gods is that men are free". The Flies are an image, a symbol of several ideas such as remorse, guilt, fear and fate? The people of Argos are part of a system into which they were born, which they had not chosen and which they accept passively and guiltily. Orestes will realize that he is Free. The contrast between free responsibility, symbolized by Orestes and guilty responsibility, symbolized by the Flies, is a central theme of the play. Alternately in English and French

Cast/Performers

A Riot in Heaven, Meena Rayann (Electra), Samy Elkhatib (Orestes), David Furlong (Aegisthus), Fanny Dulin (Clytemnestra / Fury), Raul Fernandes (Jupiter), Juliet Dante (The Tutor), Jonathan Brandt (The Anonymous), Soraya Spiers (The Woman / Fury), Chris Runciman (High Priest / Fury)

Creatives/Company

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
Producer(s): Exchange Theatre, Myriad Productionns, Indie Ocean, Camden People's Theatre
Adapted by: David Furlong
Director(s): David Furlong, Kevin Rowntree

The Flies - Les Mouches

The Flies - Les Mouches (Play) production archive for QTIX code T792967768. Details of all The Flies - Les Mouches archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1749113107

Archive Listings

11 Jun 19
  to
6 Jul 19
The Bunker
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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