With Paul Blackwell, Leon Ewing, Francis Greenslade,
Jessica Ipkendanz, Rita Kalnejais, Benjamin Lewis, Belinda McClory, Suzannah McDonald, Kris McQuade, Margaret Mills
and Stephen Phillips
Assistant Direction Sally Richardson
Set Design Anna Tregloan
Costume Design Zoë Atkinson
Lighting Design Paul Jackson
Composer Iain Grandage
Sound Design David Franzke
Dramaturgy Maryanne Lynch
Stage Management Leonie Dixon
Assistant Stage Management Martina Murray
Assistant Stage Management Sally Hitchcock
Besen Family Artist Program Recipient (Design) Adam Gardnir

Odysseus, a man and a king, finds himself alone and scarred in the ruins of
Troy, the great cit he helped destroy. For the first time in ten years, he can turn
his thoughts to home. Home…a place of sweet remembrance and soft embraces. So begins the primal story of returning, an ancient tale from the
dawn of the West and the journey of every one of us to find a meaningful life
and thereby defy death.

In a national collaboration Western Australia’s Black Swan Theatre Company
and Malthouse Theatre bring to the stage Tom Wright’s version of The
Odyssey. At its heart, Homer’s classic is a story of longing and loss, and
delivery through trial, hope and rebirth. This modern retelling of an ancient tale
brings together some of Australia’s most innovative artists in a theatrical work
of epic proportions, to be performed in the massive space of The Malthouse
Workshop.

This project has been assisted y the Australian Government’s Major Festivals
initiative, managed byuy6 the Australia Council in association with the
Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals.