2nd – 5th February 2011, The O’Reilly Theatre
Directed by Rafaella Marcus | Designed by Rachel Beaconsfield-Press
Produced by Mark Heath
“It seems to have it all – fight scenes, star-crossed lovers, witty one-liners… a brilliant production of an excellent play.”
Francesca Wade, Cherwell
“In Troy there lies the scene…”
During a deadlocked war between two superpowers, Troilus and Cressida struggle to come to terms with their relationship in the besieged city of Troy. Meanwhile in the Greek camp, mutiny and dissent are spreading through the ranks, as Achilles refuses to fight and Ulysses schemes. When Cressida is sent to the Greek camp as a prisoner, a troubled love story is brutally cut short and subsumed by the grim reality of war.
Barbarian Productions explores one of Shakespeare’s most explosive works in this bold new production of his rarest performed and most enigmatic play.
CAST – TROJANS:
Chris Adams – Troilus
Charlotte Salkind – Cressida
Richard Hill – Pandarus
Eleanor Hardy – Alexandra
Frances Rose – Aeneas
Alex Mills – Hector
Ziad Samaha – Paris
Archie Cornish – Priam
Ashleigh Wheeler – Cassandra
Caitlin McMillan – Andromache
Jack Peters – Antenor
CAST – GREEKS:
Jack Blackburn – Agamemnon
Lucy Fyffe – Ulysses
Shireen Walton – Helen
Oliva Madin – Thersites
Jack Powell – Achilles
Rob Jones – Ajax
Jonnie McAloon – Diomedes
Tim Kiely – Nestor
Sam Plumb – Patroclus
Andrew McCormack – Menelaus
CREATIVES:
Director – Rafaella Marcus
Designer – Rachel Beaconsfield-Press
Producer – Mark Heath
Musical Director – Tim Anderson
Fight Director – Dan Summerbell
Production Manager – Chloe Courtney
Lighting Designer – Dougie Perkins
Costume Designers – Gabrielle Cahen & Alice Kornicki
Marketing – Celeste Mottahedin-Fardo, Caroline Bryson, Catherine Dobson, Philippa Baines
Stage Manager – Louisa Greenhalgh
Asst. Stage Manager – Emma Glaser
Associate Stage Manager – Sophie Stephenson-Wright
Director’s Assistant – Alexandra Burns
Graphic Design – Philippa Baines, Erin PonTell
Images © 2011 Jack Blackburn and Philippa Baines