The Odyssey: A co-production between Creation and The Factory.
Directed by Tim Carroll
The story that changes every time it is told.
The myth of Odysseus's epic journey was ancient when Homer committed it to writing. Almost three thousand years later the stories still echo through our narrative memory. They are tales of famous heroes and villains; Athena, Zeus and the Cyclops, and those you might not know yet; six-headed Scylla, the whirlpool Charybdis and the lethargic Lotus-Eaters.
The Factory turn their unique spirit of spontaneity, playfulness and imagination to Homer's epic story this spring. Combining movement, song, text and improvisation, each performance will be an original retelling that recreates the spirit of one of the world's oldest oral storytelling traditions.
Come along and play your part in a magical, unique happening.
The Odyssey at Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford, Oxfordshire on Thursday, 29 March 2012.
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