Details

Kit Hesketh Harvey's translation of Offenbach's La Belle Helene. The action has been transported to suburban England where the beautiful Helen's well and truly fed up with her very boring husband. So a trip to the local Greek restaurant and an encounter with the handsome waiter from Troy can only lead to trouble! In the blink of an eye they find themselves in Faliraki, and the rest, as they say, is history! Running time: 2hrs 30mins (including interval)

Cast/Performers

Robin Bailey (Achilles / Orestes alt.), Myvanwy Bentall (Helen alt. / Philicom), Laura Casey (Philicom alt / Leona alt / Parthenis alt), Rosie Coad (Helen), Christopher Diffey (Paris), Matthew Duncan (Calchas alt / Menelaus alt), Adriana Festeu (Bacchis), Anthony Flaum (Orestes / Ajax2), Marcin Gesla (Agamemnon), Marcin Kopec (Agamemnon alt), David Menezes (Menelaus), Elizabeth Menezes (Leona Bacchis alt), Joseph Morgan (Paris Alt / Ajax1), Matthew Quirk (Calchas), Emily-Jane Thomas (Parthenis), Glenn Tweedie (Achillies alt / Ajax 1 alt)

Creatives/Company

Author: Kit Hesketh Harvey (after Offenbach's La Belle Helene)
Company: The Merry Opera Company
Director(s): Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Preece Killick (assistant)
Musical Director: Stephen Hose
Design: James Perkins
Costume: Larger Than Life Stagewear
Lighting: Derek Carlyle