OVID'S
METAMORPHOSES
Created by Peter Bramley
With Original Songs by Lucy Egger
Devised by Pants on Fire
Lighting Designed by Ralph Stokeld
With Designs by Samuel Wyer
“infectiously delightlful” - SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY
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Ovid's epic Roman poem, THE METAMORPHOSES, was written around the time of the birth of Christ. It is a collection of love stories, in 15 books, that all share the theme of human beings transformed into new bodies — trees, rocks, animals, magical creatures, flowers and constelations. They explain the origins of humankind and illustrate man's inextricable link with nature and the Universe.
These fantastical tales were once the basis of a religion on which civilization was built. We might dismiss them now as romatically preposterous, yet the myths that lead Ovid to the conclusion that everthing in the Universe is made of the same' stuff', and simply changes from one form to another, draws an extraordinary parallel to modern scientific theories of the creation of the universe and the evolution of man.
Click Ovid's Pic to find out more about him:
"The world is changing
Heaven and everything under it
Will take on new forms
As will the earth too
And everything here upon it
For we are a part of it also
Not merely bodies,
But winged spirits" - OVID
In this actor musician extravaganza, we relocate Ovid's stories to 1940's Britain. This was a time when the concept of both a 'Hero' and a 'Monster were very real things. At the 'picture house' people flocked to see their matinee idols who were like glorious gods and goddesses. And during the Blitz anyone could at any moment be struck by a thunderbolt!
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