What: A musical performance by composer Kristina Arakelyan and librettist Helen Eastman, with Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Anna Starushkevych, that weaves its way from Greece to Ukraine.
When: Friday, September 2nd, 2022. 14:00 BST
Where: Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL, United Kingdom
Tickets: £10.00
Bookings: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/penelope/
More About the Event
In Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope was left behind as her husband disappeared for war and adventure. As she waited, she weaved – creating by day, and frantically unpicking by night.
In this new opera, we meet seven women who are waiting, at different times and places and for very different things.
In a fast-paced world, can waiting be a heroic act? A creative act?
This collaboration between composer Kristina Arakelyan and librettist Helen Eastman, with Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Anna Starushkevych, weaves its way from Greece to Ukraine, 5BC to 1913 suffrage meeting, and work-out videos to 16th-century witchcraft.
Join us as we explore seven ways to wait.