"Foursight is renowned for its passionate and expressionistic performances which weave themes and emotions together in a visual and aural feast." Manchester Evening News

Foursight Theatre presents

Aeschylus'

AGAMEMNON

The British premiere of a new translation by Philip deMay for Cambridge University Press

 

There are perhaps no deeper issues for our communities at present than those of 'home' and 'war'. Foursight Theatre re-tells one of the world's greatest dramatic texts - the story of Agamemnon, a king who sacrificed his daughter in order to facilitate the winds of war.

After ten long years of war,
The hero returns home in victory and pride
To a welcome that he could not have imagined -
And the circle of brutality grinds on and on..

How many children have been killed in war ?

How many children suffer at home whilst adults pursue their own ends ?

How many children & child-women have been taken as bounty by conquering armies ?

Can vengeance for one child's death ever be justified with the suffering or death of another ?

We live in an interconnected world - every time a child is killed in the name of 'humanity', we all become a little less human.

Our story begins with the ghost of Agamemnon's daughter waiting for Daddy to come home.......

 

FEBRUARY 2004

Tuesday 3rd	1pm	Schools ONLY performance
Thursday 5th	1pm	Performance open to all
Friday 6th	7.30pm	Performance open to all
Saturday 7th	7.30pm	Performance open to all
Tuesday 10th	1pm	Schools ONLY performance
Wednesday 11th	1pm	Schools ONLY performance
Thursday 12th	1pm	Performance open to all
Friday 13th	7.30pm	Performance open to all
Saturday 13th	7.30pm	Performance open to all

VENUE: The Theatre, Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street,
Wolverhampton, WV1 4AN.

Tickets cost £7 /£5 concession
Special discounts for groups of 10 or more
No latecomers admitted.
The show is suitable for age 14 plus.
TICKET HOTLINE: 01902 714257

 

Direction Dorinda Hulton, Musical Direction Mary Keith, Design Purvin.

"A production of great conviction and clarity…a substantial and stylish achievement"
(Medea 2001) AD HOC.co.uk

"A powerful production of Euripides' awesome tragedy of passion and revenge." The Guardian

Contact: Emma Beale, Foursight Theatre, Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 4AN. 01902 714257 foursight.theatre@boltblue.net