The Odyssey: Episode 3 - The Four Winds
Presented by Trowbridge Town Hall, written by Florence Espeut-Nickless
National Theatre: Public Acts
Role: Assistant Director
Director: Jesse Jones
“Touching and raw, dealing with sensitive issues in a sharp and crisp manner.”
British Theatre Guide
Who are our leaders?
Who pays for their failings?
How do we survive when our everyday heroes are taken from us?
A bold 21st-Century reimagining of Homer’s Odyssey by Wiltshire writer Florence Espeut-Nickless, developed with and performed by the local community.
Having just survived the Cyclops, Odysseus and his crew discover Aeolia, a beautiful party island ruled by a power-hungry Queen. The crew are Trowbridge lads desperate to get home, signed up for a war they had no say in.
It tells this ancient story through the contemporary lens of Andy and Dion, a couple in love, from Studley Green. When Andy is drafted into the army by Odysseus, it’s Dion and their young kids who will pay the ultimate price.
Photography: Brinkhoff Mögenburg
