Metamorphoses at The Cockpit

Metamorphoses is a radical reimagining of Ovid’s classic poem from the 1st century.

A voyeurist is ripped apart by their own hounds.
A woman looks at her reflection and sees a beast staring back at her.
A wedding erupts into brutality.

Greek mythology is shockingly violent and yet deeply beautiful. It is at once incredibly poetic and irredeemably vulgar. These stories are ridiculously camp and deeply difficult to read, yet the stories they contain make up the foundation of Western storytelling.

Metamorphoses rips apart and remixes Ovid’s primal text to create a kaleidoscopic mish-mash of a show that is at turns horrific, hilarious and beautiful. The show is a radical, psychedelic, genre-bending odyssey that extrapolates on the transness that is at the core of this classic piece of mythology.

We want to rip up these stories and see what we find.
We want to give trans people power back over their own mythology.
We want to punch Ovid in his dick.

Booking fees are included in the ticket price. We have added a pay-it-forward ticket, by purchasing this ticket you will allow us to offer more free tickets to queer & trans people in the community. Thank you for your generosity.

Please conisder donating to our crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/metamorphshow

Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May - 7:30pm (Previews)
Saturday 18, Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 May and Tuesday 28 May to Saturday 1 June - 7:30pm
Plus matinees on 21, 23, 28, 30 May and 1 June - 2:30pm

Cast
Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle (they/them) - THE CROWS WAY, The Town Hall Theatre at Baboró Int’l Arts Festival and The Abbey Theatre (Peacock) - Jeanne won best performer at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 for their role. SUZY STORK, Smock Alley Theatre.
Katherine Payne (they/them) - CRYING SHAME, Pleasance Theatre. HAMLET, National Theatre, MEATSACKS (R&D), KANDINSKY.
Macy-Jacob Seelochan (she/they) -  AS YOU LIKE IT (Celia), Shakespeare's Globe. Galatea, Wildworks / Marlborough Productions. DONT SMOKE IN BED, Vaults Festival. JACOB WANTS HIS GRANDAD, Pleasance Theatre / Nottingham Playhouse / Theatre Deli)

Creative Team
Written and Directed by Jimmy Justice
Designed by Hugo Aguirre
Movement Direction by Wet Mess
Costume Design by Jordan Sherman
Sound Design by Vyvyan Stewardson
Lighting Design by Amy Daniels
Assistant Directed by Valerie Mo
Lead Image designed by Karen Stanley featuring Die Lemma
Produced by Bobby Harding
With special thanks to Dramaturg Danielle James, Media Consultant Bronagh Hughes and Theatre Deli for their continued support along with all our 2023 workshop participants and R&D team. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Running time:  60 minutes
Recommended age: 16+ 

Content warnings:
Sexual assault
Depiction of p*rnography
Blood
Flashing images
References to gender-based discrimination

Authors

• David Slavitt
• Mary Zimmerman
• Willy Schwartz