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The Penelopiad at Little Theatre

Dates: (5/23/2025 - 6/1/2025 )

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University of Adelaide
Adelaide,South Australia 5005

Phone: 83135999

Tickets: $23-$28

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THE PENELOPIAD

By Margaret Atwood

Directed by Kristin Telfer

23 May to 1 June 2025

Little Theatre

 

Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad is an adaptation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, told from the perspective of Odysseus' wife Penelope.
 

Penelope tells her story from the afterlife, from miraculous birth to marriage with the cunning Odysseus. When war erupts over her cousin Helen’s betrayal, Penelope is left to fend off relentless suitors, relying on her loyal maids to survive. But in death, those same maids return, not just to witness her story—but to remind her of the role she played in the tragic ending to theirs.
 

'Didn't I wait, and wait, and wait, despite the temptation - almost the compulsion - to do otherwise? And yet what have I amounted to (...)? An edifying legend. A stick used to beat other women with.'

 

Featuring original music by Kristin Stefanoff
 

CONTENT WARNING
Stylised sexual violence and mild coarse language

 

TICKETS

$28 Full Price
$23 Concession
School groups: $15 per student (arranged via invoice)



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