theatre

Phaedra

At Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London · 6 performances from Tue 22 Sept to Sat 26 Sept.

Do you love? I feel all its mad fever. Phaedra is dying, and the universe around her is collapsing too. Yet it is not evil that brings her world crashing down, but love. A painful, difficult, unbidden, and unforgettable love. The hero-king Theseus, already written into mythology, sets off on another adventure and leaves behind a tormented family. But when news arrives that Theseus has met his end abroad, the suffocating passions at home begin to implode. Through simple words, spoken and unspoken, the tragedy’s stage is set and the balance of love and hate is thrown into chaotic discord. In the