Persephone
after Ovid
Cast and Crew
- Writer/Director
- Jonathan Heron
- Collaborators
- Chris Tester
- Cara Verkerk
- Benjamin Jacobs
- Jonathan Broke
- Helen Bradbury
- Hannah Tottenham
- Nomi Everall
- Natalia Rossetti
- Maria Fsadni
- Zoe Walshe
- Steph Pötschke
- Oliver Baxter
About the Production
![[Persephone]](./persephone-1.jpg "Persephone")
![[The Capture]](./persephone-4.jpg "The Capture")
![[The Rapture]](./persephone-5.jpg "The Rapture")
![[The Rupture]](./persephone-6.jpg "The Rupture")
"A living curse.
A commandment from the highest god.
Thank you for giving me this nothing.
Two Persephones.
Persephonae?"
Demeter's search, Zeus' judgment, Hades' lust all threaten to engulf Persephone as she struggles to compose herself.
The Fates, Cerberus and the Furies take their place to narrate her descent.
A poetic trilogy with hyper-real interludes, this play is currently in development. The final draft will emerge after a series of practical workshops as part of Fail Better's Residency at The CAPITAL Centre.
A rehearsed reading of Persephone (first draft) took place at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, London on Sunday 25th November 2007. (Performed by Helen Bradbury, Steph Pötschke, Jonathan Broke and Chris Tester). An earlier version of the Prologue was performed as Persephone's Confession at Mook Monologues, Notting Hill Gate on Monday 12th June 2006. (Written by Jonathan Heron, directed by Gary Abrahams and performed by Evie Dawnay).
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