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Ancient Greece is enjoying a revival in the cinema with the 2004 release of two blockbuster movies, ’Troy’ starring Brad Pitt, Peter O’Toole and Orlando Bloom and ’Alexander the Great’ starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Odysseus and the Really Freaky Monsters is an original, world premiere adaptation of the classic tale by Homer, The Odyssey. |
We start our story as Odysseus crosses the seas of Ancient Greece to go to war with Troy. Ten years later, still stuck outside the great City Walls of Troy, and just as everyone is about to give up and go home, Odysseus comes up with a cunning plan to use his faithful (pantomime) horse, Dobbinarius, to trick the Trojans into letting them into Troy.
After a big battle, which true to the Greek tradition, we don’t actually see, Odysseus defeats the Trojans and heads for home. On the way he enlists the help of three gorgeous young Goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite and Hera (not one of them a day over 360 years old). The Goddesses help Odysseus and his crew as they face terrible danger from some really freaky monsters including the giant, one-eyed Cyclops Polyphemus, the seven-headed sea monster Scylla, the all-singing, half-woman half-vulture Siren and the evil enchantress Circe who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs and then offers round the bacon sandwiches. |
Tidemark’s production blends original script, music, movement and puppetry with a liberal splash of irreverent humour to produce a fantastic, magical journey that will capture the hearts and minds of children up to the age of 90! | |
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Tidemark are currently taking bookings for performances of Odysseus and the Really Freaky Monsters at local community theatres across the UK. Registered users will recieve emails when new dates are booked up.
If you are a venue manager looking for family theatre opportunities, please get in touch and we would be happy to talk about bringing Odysseus to your theatre. |
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