Concordia Theatre, Henry F. Hall Building (1455 de Maisonneuve O) Montreal, QC
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Oresteia
*Please note that tickets are only available ONLINE. No cash sales will be accepted at the door.
Oresteia by Robert Icke Directed by Leslie Baker
Show Times
Wednesday April 9 at 7:30pm (Preview) Thursday April 10 at 7:30pm (Opening) Friday April 11 at 7:30pm Saturday April 12 at 1:30pm & 7:30pm
The show runs about 2,5 hours, and has a 10 minute intermission.
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Robert Ickes daring, freely-adapted version of Aeschyluss ancient Oresteia trilogy explores familial violence, trauma, and war.
Set amongst a fractious family dinner table, meetings with psychologists, and a contemporary examination of the notion of Gods: Icke presents the mental anguish of a divided leader, Agamemnon; his daughter Iphigenia, who is sacrificed by her father; a visceral and vengeful Klytemnestra; a fierce Electra hungering to avenge her fathers death; and an Orestes technically freed, but haunted by moral guilt.
This witty and ingenious text is Aeschylus for our time, that expresses the circular futility of revenge, and leaves us to draw our own conclusions about the shaky premises on which political leaders go to war.
Robert Icke is a writer and theatre director who has been referred to as the "great hope of British theatre."
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WARNINGS: - use of theatrical haze
Wheelchair Accessible seating and bathroom available at venue. Please email heatherellen.strain@concordia.ca for more information, and to help us coordinate elevator access.
* Audience should arrive 15-30 minutes before scheduled shows begin.
*Please note that tickets are only available ONLINE. No cash sales will be accepted at the door.
Wheelchair Accessible seating and bathroom available at venue. Please email heatherellen.strain@concordia.ca for more information, and to help us coordinate elevator access.
