Talking Gods - from Arrows & Traps

Award-winning theatre company Arrows & Traps will be back in action this Spring presenting Talking Gods - a digital season of five reimagined Greek myths that will run from 5 to 9 April, with one play premiering each evening, and followed by a live Q&A on Zoom.

Writer Ross McGregor has reworked classic Greek tales to present snapshots of the modern world filled with pathos and comedy, music and love and tragedy and loss.

Exploring climate change, Persephone is a touching story of sisterhood, of keeping a fire warm in the depths of winter.

Delving into the world of mental health, Orpheus is about control and toxicity, self-sacrifice and freedom.

Placing Pygmalion in the modern world, the third play explores the growth of artificial intelligence in an ever-more isolating world.

Aphrodite, which looks at the vital issue of gender identity and acceptance, is a remarkable tale of a love affair that endures.

The final play to premiere will be Icarus, a poignant physical theatre piece about the bonds between fathers and sons.

Writer Ross McGregor commented ...

"2020 delivered a large blow to the theatre industry.

We were closed down and told to stop telling stories, and to wait for the day when we were allowed to create again.

After nine months, now is the time to return.

In the opening of a new year, we are all looking forward to the future and we thought it would be an interesting time to look back to where drama first began - with the Greek myths.

We have reimagined them so that they're not just a testament to where we came from, but a look to where we're going.

We want to tell a message of understanding and hope, that we're not as alone as 2020 made us all feel."

Talking Gods will be rehearsed and recorded at Jack Studio Theatre, where Arrows & Traps are the associate company.

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