What: A wonderful theatre performance of “Penelope: Seven Ways to Wait” with music by Kristina Arakelyan and words by Helen Eastman, co-directed by the very talented, Ukrainian-born Anna Starushkevych.
When: Friday 2 September 2022, 16:00 BST (running time 1 hour)
Where: Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL
Tickets: £10.00 (concessions £8.00) details here
Bookings: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/penelope/
More About the Show
- Music by Kristina Arakelyan
- Words Helen Eastman
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, in 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 a 1913 suffrage meeting, and work-out videos to 16th century witchcraft.
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