Elektra/Orestes

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Event Elektra/Orestes
Venue Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 14 March 2015
Last Date 26 April 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Elektra’s life is a mess. She’s stuck living with her mother, which is bad enough – it was her mother who murdered her father. Her stepfather is not much older than her and has all too happily taken her father’s position as king. And her sister doesn’t even care! She’s sided with their mother and taken up gardening like nothing ever happened.

Elektra sent her little brother Orestes into exile when he was just 11. He was the next in line for her father’s throne and had to be protected from their stepfather. Nine years later he has come of age. Now he’s on way to the palace to join Elektra a
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Subjects Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Linda Cropper Actor
Hunter Page-Lochard Actor
Katherine Tonkin Actor
Ben Winspear Actor
Jada Alberts Adaptor
Anne-Louise Sarks Adaptor
Stefan Gregory Composer
Mel Page Costume Designer
Ralph Myers Designer
Anne-Louise Sarks Director
Damien Cooper Lighting Designer
Text Nationality Greece
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://belvoir.com.au/productions/elektra-orestes/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110352