Odyssey

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Event Odyssey
Venue Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 1998
First Date 27 October 1998
Opening Date 27 October 1998
Last Date 1 November 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A woman of twenty leaves her village and travels for three months to a new country to marry a man she has only seen in a photograph. Caught between two countries, two cultures and two languages, the journey has just begun.
Andreas Litras' remarkable one-man show Odyssey turns the mythical world of Homer's epic upside down. The stories of his migrant family are woven through the legend of Odysseus in a performance which is stunning in its irreverance, passion and joy.
Performed in Greek and English, Odyssey embarks upon a journey that takes the audience into the world of the migrant and my
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Biographical
Bi-lingual
Subjects Migrants
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Constantine Koukias Designer
John Bolton Director
Jan Wawrzynczak Lighting Designer
Andreas Litras Performer Devisor
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melbourne Festival 1998 guide
Event Identifier 100821
Dataset AusStage