Comic book Gods and Greek theatrics in Alcestis at Farringdon
The Farringdon Society of Arts production of Ted Hughes’ Alcestis is playing at Froginwell Cider Barn Theatre on July 15- 18 at 7.30pm
The group seems intent on highlighting the dramatic power of The Greek play – last year they got all Oedipus on your ass with Seamus Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes, and now with Alcestis they’ve turned their Gods into cartoon characters – all very Jungian (or should that be DC Comics).
The play even has installation art, and is set in a cider bar… er… we mean barn.
For directions and more details visit the Farringdon Society of Arts website.
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Just to say thank you for a truly extraordinary evening at Alcestis last week . Immensely impressed with the direction and acting , particularly the schoolboys and Barbara Jones , the newcomers to acting and of course supremely Phil Symes himself .
I now have to read the text- and would like to read the dissertation- is that published? Very glad that academic study didnt kill Symes creativity.
Was just enthusing about it a couple of days later to a friend – Ann Evans- who was also it turned out grateful to Janet! Keep up the very good work and let me know what youre doing next year. Christina
Does anyone know who I apply to for amateur performance rights?
Thanks,
Jane