Prometheus/Frogs 2013

“I need a good poet. All the living ones are rubbish.”

PROMETHEUS/FROGS was performed on 16-19 October 2013 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Performances were at 2.30 and 7.45 daily, and ran for around 2 hours 20 minutes (including an interval). Over 4800 tickets were sold for the plays, and over a thousand people attended  our various outreach events. The traditional post-show symposium of academics and theatre practitioners took place on Sunday 20 October. At 1.30pm before each matinée, experts from the Cambridge Classics department gave a talk in the theatre to introduce the plays and an aspect of their ancient context.

Performance photos are © Nick Rutter www.nickrutter.co.uk; rehearsal photos are © John Watts www.johnwattsphotography.co.uk.

Prometheus chained to a ladder

"If the audience sits for a moment in stunned silence as the curtain falls on Prometheus chained to his rock, it erupts in applause as the frogs belt out their final croaks." - Anne Morley-Priestman, What's On Stage

People

  • Prometheus: Henry Jenkinson
  • Oceanus: Laurens Macklon
  • Io: Juliet Cameron-Wilson
  • Hermes/Heracles: Joey Akubeze
  • Dionysus: Charlie Merriman
  • Xanthias: Mairin O'Hagan
  • Euripides: Freddie Crossley
  • Aeschylus: Geoffrey Kirkness
  • Corpse/Pluto's Slave/Aeacus: Michael Loy
  • Strength/Charon: James White
  • Hephaestus/Pluto: Daniel Unruh
  • Force/Surtitler: Andrew Brock
  • Chorus Leader: Katherine McDonald
  • Chorus/Tadpole: Sam Brain
  • Chorus/Maid: Coralie Clover
  • Chorus/Landlady: Elisabeth Colwill
  • Chorus/Tadpole: Chloe France
  • Chorus/Landlady: Rosie Hancock
  • Chorus/Landlady: Rebecca Hare
  • Chorus/Tadpole: Maria Montague
  • Chorus/Maid: Octavia Sheepshanks
  • Chorus/Circus Frog: Elizabeth Schenk
  • Director: Helen Eastman
  • Assistant Directors: Stephen Bailey, Helena Middleton
  • Composer: Alex Silverman
  • Designer: Neil Irish
  • Lighting Designer: Neill Brinkworth
  • Production Manager: Ray Cross
  • Company Stage Manager: Lian Wilkinson
  • Deputy Stage Manager: Joe Hytner
  • Assistant Stage Managers: Harry Conquest, Giulia Beltoni
  • Set Assistant: Rachel Saunders
  • Head of Wardrobe: JoJo Lewis
  • Costume Supervisor: Emily Dean
  • Surtitles: Claire Hall, Gabriella Jeakins
  • Language Coaches: Anthony Bowen, James Diggle
  • Publicity and Graphic Design: Atri Banerjee
  • Producers: Lyndsay Coo, Oliver Thomas
  • Musical Director: Simon Jackson
  • Trumpets: Leo Cairns, Will Lever
  • Trombone: Tom Byrne
  • Horns: Frances Leith, Alison Woodman
  • Tuba: Will Woodall
  • Celeste: Orlando Gibbs
  • Percussion: Mycroft Mead, Jacob Cunningham, Andy Campbell-Smith
  • Cellos: Geraint Ballinger, Sarah Le Mesurier, Rafi Coleman, Sarah Hargrave