"What happens to all the clever little girls?"
The face that launched a thousand ships finally gets to speak.Meet Helen, before Troy, in this feminist retelling of the Ancient Greek epic. Witness her divine beginnings (yes, she did hatch from an egg!), her youth as a Spartan warrior, her fateful decision to leave her husband, and finally the decade of brutal war and destruction that follows.That Witch Helen blends myth, movement, and storytelling to give Helen of Troy, one of history’s most hated women, a chance to tell her own story.
Brighton Fringe
23 - 25 May 2024
Development
Excerpts of That Witch Helen have been performed at Scratch/Meet in Brighton, the Nothing 2 Perform Scratch Night at the Glitch in London, and at the FemFest Scratch Night in Brighton.The full-length play is currently being developed, to premiere at Brighton Fringe 2024 at the Lantern Theatre.
Photo: Alix - FemFest Scratch Night
Photo: Julia Dray - Nothing 2 Perform Scratch Night
Photo: Amanda Hallam Lane - Scratch/Meet