Details

Set in the present day, but inspired by ancient myth, the play offers a "passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and poorest countries, set in the aftermath of a brutal war". Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. Running time: 2hrs 45mins inc. interval

Cast/Performers

Nikki Amuka-Bird (Eurydice), Madeline Appiah (Megeara), Rakie Ayola (Pargeia), Omar Brown (Junior Lieutenant Scud), Jessie Burton (Ensemble), Jacqueline Defferary (Talthybia), Daniel Fine (Ensemble), Karlina Grace (Ensemble), Rene Gray (Junior Lieutenant Scud), David Harewood (Theseus), Tracy Ifeachor (Ismene), Irma Inniss (Ensemble), Chuk Iwuji (Prince Tydeus), Alexia Khadime (Girl), Ferdinand Kingsley (Phaeax), Alcha Kossoko (Aglaea), Simon Manyonda (Haemon), Bruce Myers (Tiresias), Pamela Nomvete (Euphrosyne), Clare Perkins (Ensemble), Victor Power (Ensemble), Daniel Poyser (Polykleitos), Joy Richardson (Thalia), Vinette Robinson (Antigone), Zara Tempest Waiters (Ensemble), Michael Wildman (Sergeant Miletus)

Creatives/Company

Author: Moira Buffini
Producer: National Theatre
Director: Richard Eyre
Design: Tim Hatley
Lighting: Neil Austin
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Choreographer: Scarlett Mackmin
Sound: Rich Walsh