What's On
Trojan Whores
29th April 2008 to 25th May 2008 - Start Time: 7:30 pm
Price: £16 / (£12 concession)
Venue: Main House
Company: Woven Theatre Company
Writer: Dawn Rose, Peppy Barlow and Sally Wilden
Cast: Peppy Barlow, Pauline Dent, Dawn Rose, Sally Wilden, Cathy Gill
Three writers have collaborated to create a play rooted in myth but with powerful and direct relevance to the modern world. They explore three women who represent three female stereotypes - Helen the whore, Penelope the submissive wife, Klytemnestra the harridan - and what it is like to have an identity and a fate that is defined by history.
Helen the most beautiful woman in the world and the cause of the Trojan War is living as a bag lady on an island where she has come to escape her past. She is joined by Penelope the submissive wife and Klytemnestra the harridan. Both women are also running from the consequences of the war and its effect on their lives. Penelope is enraged with and fascinated by Helen and finds something awe inspiring and arousing in Klytemnestra's murderous passion. Alliances shift and change as they explore their deepest fears, their deepest longings. There is need for conflict, reclamation and transformation but will they manage to escape their fates?
Despite the historical references, this is a contemporary play which challenges perceptions of identity and power. It is about women and men and what it is to take on the roles we are given and change them.
