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Hampstead Theatre presents a Druid production
Penelope
By Enda Walsh, directed by Mikel Murfi
10 February - 5 March 2011
Overview
Running time: 1 hour 25 minutes, no interval
'Best of all, though, is Enda Walsh's grandiose Penelope, which mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost.'
The Sunday Times *****
It's 11:30am and already it's 33 Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men play for an unwinnable love. Uproarious, farcical and bizarre, a slice of Homer’s Odyssey is re-imagined in a surreal fable for our times.
Druid, one of Ireland's finest theatre companies, renews its celebrated partnership with Enda Walsh, following their worldwide sell-out and Edinburgh Fringe First winning productions The New Electric Ballroom and The Walworth Farce. They join forces once again with The Walworth Farce director Mikel Murfi in this exhilarating new offering.
'Walsh confirms himself as one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre.' The Guardian
Winner of Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010
Prices & Times
PRICES:
Previews (10 - 16 February) £18
Mondays/Matinees £22
Tuesday - Saturday £29
Advance Tickets £22 (a limited number of £22 advance tickets are available for all performances)
Student, Under 26, Jobseekers, Senior Citizen and Access concessions available. More info.
TIMES:
Running Thursday 10 February - Saturday 5 March (previews 10 - 16 February)
Wednesday 16 February at 7pm
Monday - Saturday evenings at 7:30pm
Saturday matinees (19, 26 February, 5 March) at 3pm
Wednesday matinees (23 February, 2 March) at 2:30pm
Audio described performance Saturday 26 February (matinee)
Captioned performance and post show discussion with speech to text transcription Tuesday 1 March
Cast & Creative Team
Cast:
Niall Buggy
Denis Conway
Aaron Monaghan
Karl Shiels
Olga Wehrly
Writer: Enda Walsh
Director: Mikel Murfi
Designer: Sabine Dargent
Lighting: Paul Keogan
Sound: Gregory Clarke
Gallery
Photo by Robert Day
Photo by Robert Day
Photo by Robert Day
Photo by Robert Day
Reviews
'Best of all, though, is Enda Walsh's grandiose Penelope, which mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost.'
The Sunday Times *****
'Fascinating, dizzying... This word-drunk production dares to suggest what it might have been like had Samuel Beckett, instead of James Joyce, decided to reinvent Homer’s “Odyssey”... The actors, all terrific throughout... extravagantly imaginative.'
New York Times
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Penelope, Enda Walsh's 'mind-spinning variation on Homer’s Odyssey' is named one of the top ten highlights of 2010 by the New York Times.
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