Welcome To Thebes
at Olivier Theatre
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Set in the present day, but inspired by ancient myth, Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries set in the aftermath of a brutal war.
Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. A boy soldier is carelessly murdered.
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Olivier Theatre
National Theatre, Upper Ground
SE1 9PX
Evening
Various dates 7.30pm
Matinee
Various dates 2pm, 2.30pm
Booking from
2010-06-15
Booking until
2010-08-18
Directions
Take the Northern or Bakerloo line to Waterloo station. The theatre is a 10 minute walk.
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