Prometheus/Frogs
2013

“I need a good poet. All the living ones are rubbish.”

PROMETHEUS/FROGS was performed on 16-19 October 2013 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Performances were at 2.30 and 7.45 daily, and ran for around 2 hours 20 minutes (including an interval). Over 4800 tickets were sold for the plays, and over a thousand people attended  our various outreach events. The traditional post-show symposium of academics and theatre practitioners took place on Sunday 20 October. At 1.30pm before each matinée, experts from the Cambridge Classics department gave a talk in the theatre to introduce the plays and an aspect of their ancient context.

Performance photos are © Nick Rutter www.nickrutter.co.uk; rehearsal photos are © John Watts www.johnwattsphotography.co.uk.

Production Team

  • Director: Helen Eastman
  • Assistant Directors: Stephen Bailey, Helena Middleton
  • Composer: Alex Silverman
  • Designer: Neil Irish
  • Lighting Designer: Neill Brinkworth
  • Production Manager: Ray Cross
  • Company Stage Manager: Lian Wilkinson
  • Deputy Stage Manager: Joe Hytner
  • Assistant Stage Managers: Harry Conquest, Giulia Beltoni
  • Set Assistant: Rachel Saunders
  • Head of Wardrobe: JoJo Lewis
  • Costume Supervisor: Emily Dean
  • Surtitles: Claire Hall, Gabriella Jeakins
  • Language Coaches: Anthony Bowen, James Diggle
  • Publicity and Graphic Design: Atri Banerjee
  • Producers: Lyndsay Coo, Oliver Thomas

Musicians

  • Musical Director: Simon Jackson
  • Trumpets: Leo Cairns, Will Lever
  • Trombone: Tom Byrne
  • Horns: Frances Leith, Alison Woodman
  • Tuba: Will Woodall
  • Celeste: Orlando Gibbs
  • Percussion: Mycroft Mead, Jacob Cunningham, Andy Campbell-Smith
  • Cellos: Geraint Ballinger, Sarah Le Mesurier, Rafi Coleman, Sarah Hargrave

Cast

Henry Jenkinson

Prometheus

Laurens Macklon

Oceanus

Juliet Cameron-Wilson

Io

Joey Akubeze

Hermes/Heracles

Charlie Merriman

Dionysus

Mairin O'Hagan

Xanthias

Freddie Crossley

Euripides

Geoffrey Kirkness

Aeschylus

Michael Loy

Corpse/Pluto's Slave/Aeacus

James White

Strength/Charon

Daniel Unruh

Hephaestus/Pluto

Andrew Brock

Force/Surtitler

Katherine McDonald

Chorus Leader

Sam Brain

Chorus/Tadpole

Coralie Clover

Chorus/Maid

Elisabeth Colwill

Chorus/Landlady

Chloe France

Chorus/Tadpole

Rosie Hancock

Chorus/Landlady

Rebecca Hare

Chorus/Landlady

Maria Montague

Chorus/Tadpole

Octavia Sheepshanks

Chorus/Maid

Elizabeth Schenk

Chorus/Circus Frog

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