a new  and radical adaptation of Racine's Andromache
 
By Jean Racine, Adapted by Evie Christie
Directed by Graham McLaren, Associate Artist

 

The war has ended in a hail of brutal crimes against women and children. The new leader, Pyhrrus, has become infatuated with a hostage, the recently widowed Andromache. She now faces a sickening dilemma – should she allow her surviving child to be publicly executed by her enemies or should she sell herself to Pyrrhus? Canadian poet Evie Christie collaborates with director Graham McLaren on a modern adaptation of Andromache that examines how obsessive love and lust lead people to do unspeakable acts.

 


Toronto

 

DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

2009

 
Commissioned by the Luminato Festival