Women and Troy and It’s All Greek explore aspects of the human condition through Greek literature. (Scroll down for more on It’s All Greek.)

Women and Troy is a new retelling of one of the world’s oldest, yet most modern myths.

As war-clouds gather and break over Troy, they threaten to consume the city’s women, including Queen Hekabe, the stalwart matriarch, Cassandra, her prophetess-daughter, and, caught in the crossfire, the Greek Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. All emerge from mythology as living, breathing, three-dimensional characters, whose stories are more relevant today than ever – and their increasingly intense and claustrophobic journey has a surprisingly upbeat ending.

In this dramatic reading for two voices, Dame Siân Phillips and Rachel Donovan perform scenes and speeches from Euripides’ Trojan Trilogy, including episodes from fragmentary plays reconstructed by director, David Stuttard.

“I’m very very happy to be doing this show about the Greeks”, Dame Siân Phillips

Please click on the videos below to hear Dame Siân and Rachel talk about the show.

It’s All Greek

A woman longing for her lover; a wronged wife plotting her revenge; a squaddie traumatized by war. Love, laughter, tears, and treachery. And just a little murder, too. Whatever life brings us, the ancient Greeks have the right words for it. As they navigate through youthful high jinks, adult chaos, and the preoccupations of old age, their wit and wisdom are a road map for our modern age.

"When time’s ripe, let all the good things overflow."

Directed by writer-translator David Stuttard, multi award winners Dame Siân Phillips and Robert Powell give voice to stories, scenes, and poems from ancient Greece, which – profound or poignant, fast moving, funny, or at times downright preposterous – help make sense of our lives today.



Why now?

Throughout her career, multi-award-winning actor Dame Siân has received many invitations to perform in Greek tragedy, but has always refused them … until now. Click on the video below to find out why.



What do audiences think?

To hear some audience members reacting to Women and Troy and It’s All Greek, click on the videos below.