Lesia Ukrainka’s Cassandra at Omnibus Theatre
Date and time:
Tuesday 4 October, 2022 - Sunday 16 October, 2022
19:30 - 22:00
Location:
Omnibus Theatre
1 Clapham Common North Side
London
SW40QW
Last year, Nina Murray's translation of Cassandra won our translation prize, and we are thrilled that the play will have its UK premiere this October. Tickets are now on sale!
Imagine if you could see the future, but no one would believe anything you said. This is Cassandra's fate. Stuck in besieged Troy and knowing exactly how the war will end, Cassandra sees the destruction unfold around her, just as she knew it would.
First published in 1908, Lesia Ukrainka's poetic drama retells the story of the Trojan war, from Cassandra's perspective. Now the play will be performed for the first time in the UK in a new, award-winning translation by Nina Murray. Presented by Live Canon and the Ukrainian Institute London.
On Saturday 8 October the matinee performance at 3pm will be free for displaced Ukrainians. Email [email protected] to book.
Presented by Live Canon and the Ukrainian Institute London in association with the Polish Cultural Institute, the Lithuanian Cultural Institute, the Goethe-Institut and the Institut Français.
