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.
"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