Details

Incestuous passion, neurotic virginity and a disastrous explosion of sexual power - these are the ingredients of the legend which inspired Euripides' Hippolytus and Racine's Phedre. Hippolytus, a young prince of extraordinary athletic prowess and bodily purity, despises women and sex. Aphrodite, goddess of love, wreaks a catastrophic revenge - by making his stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him. An appalling chain of events is unleashed. With an imaginative and colourful use of lighting, sound and music and an elegant visual design, Breaking Strain is a thoroughly modern and satirical reworking of the legend by Justin Butcher, whose play Scaramouche Jones toured the UK to great acclaim before showing in London. Warning: Breaking Strain features certain scenes of nudity, comic representation of sexual acts and some strong language and is not suitable for under-16s.

Cast/Performers

Justin Butcher, Katy Feeney

Creatives/Company

Author: Justin Butcher
Company: Passion Pit Theatre
Director: Jamie Bower
Design: Katy Clarke

Breaking Strain

Breaking Strain (Play) production archive for QTIX code T166812532. Details of all Breaking Strain archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2129980447

Archive Listings

23 Sep 02	Theatro Technis Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Sep 02 to 21 Sep 02	Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Sep 02 to 19 Sep 02	General General, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Sep 02 to 17 Sep 02	Burton Taylor Studio Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive

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