“Hard hitting, deeply moving, almost haunting, entirely compelling … a must-see piece of theatre whose relevance will never fade,” ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly

Inspired by Andromache and her doomed prince Hector, and imbued with text from Homer’s Iliad and interviews with 21st-century military personnel and partners, this critically acclaimed production explores the love, joy and grief of a couple grappling with the shadows of war.

It was originally developed for The British Museum’s Troy Exhibition in 2020 in collaboration with The Centre for the Public Understanding of Greek & Roman Drama, based at St Andrews University, and Alice König & Nicolas Wiater’s Visualising War Project. It has since been supported by Arts Council England, The Classical Association, Army and the Arts, Trestle Theatre Company, & The Redbridge Drama Centre and had a short run at The Union Theatre, Southwark Summer 2021.

It had a total of 12 performances at Army at the Fringe, in Edinburgh, between the 16th and 28th of August 2022, and performed to over 200 people including civilian and military audiences. We also took part in 2 Q&A sessions. One based on how the Army manages Mental Health and the other about the experience of Army Spouses.

Alongside the main production, we held 6 exploratory workshops including 2 that were free and open to the public of a completely new work. This new piece is inspired by the Classics including Euripides’ Herakles and the myth of Sisyphus, and initially devised with soldiers undergoing rehabilitation, at the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester. In Edinburgh, we worked with 3 young actor participants, 2 of which came from military families and the third, active in the cadets. In the open workshops, we had an audience of 18 over the 2 sharings, which included Q&A and feedback, which will be taken forward to the next stage of the production.