THE TROJAN WOMEN

Caroline Bird, after Euripedes

Directed by Christopher Haydon
Design Jason Southgate

Lighting Mark Howland

Sound Gareth Fry

Assitant Director Kate O'Connor

Video Iona Firouzabadi

Costume Supervisor Noelle Claude

Production Manager Bernd Fauler

Stage Manager Jess Gow

Deputy Stage Manager Katy Munroe Farlie

Fight Director Terry King

Cast Louise Brealey, Sam Cox, Lucy Ellinson, Jon Foster, Bearbhla Moloy

 

The war is over. Beyond prison walls, Troy and its people burn.

 

Inside the prison, the city’s captive women await their fate. Stalking the antiseptic confines of its mother and baby unit is Hecuba, the fallen Trojan queen. But her grief at what has been before will soon be drowned out by the horror of what is to come, as the Greek lust for vengeance consumes everything – man, woman and baby – in its path.

 

This radical new version of Euripides’ classic tragedy comes from one of the UK’s most exciting young poets – Caroline Bird. Directed by the Gate’s Artistic Director Christopher Haydon, it is an intense, gripping look at what happens when the world collapses.