Lysistrata
Lysistrata adapted/written by Charlotte Smith | Directed by Charlotte Smith and Katy Green | 3rd-5th December 2019 | Old Sheriffs Court, SYT
Interview with the Directors - Glasgow University Magazine
New York, 1927. It's the height of prohibition and a turf war in the Big Apple has reached its violent peak, with several powerful gangs vying for the top spot and the best booze. Men are dying, murdered for the sake of a bottle of liquor. But the city's women are determined to stop the war without any more violence - by calling a sex strike. Can they band together and end the devastation?
Against a backdrop of jazz, sex, and champagne, this comic adaptation of Aristophanes' Grecian classic, Lysistrata, highlights issues of female bodily autonomy which are still pressingly relevant today.
Writer/Director - Charlotte Smith
Co-Director - Katy Green
Production Manager - Alex Patterson
Producer - Iona Bremner
Stage Manager - Rebecca Russell
Assistant Stage Manager - India Hay
Sound Designer - Abby Carter
Light Designer - Yasmin Baker-Marshall
Costume Assistant - Cecile
Make-up Artist - Matthew Frearson
Choreographer - Jennifer Galt
Lysistrata - Cara Stewart
Clint - Daniel Cawley
Myrinne/Chorus - Kirsty Wilkinson
Jim/Policeman/Chorus - Bailey Camack
Lampito/Chorus - Ailsa Brock
Mr Spartan/Dick/Chorus - Christopher Scanlan
Mr Corinthian/Chorus - Jonas Laursen
Ismenia/Chorus - Megan Storer
Calondice/Chorus - Molly Thompson
Bill/Chorus - Elliot Comnene
Stratylis/Chorus - Eve MacDonald
Linda/Chorus - Charlotte Hemans
Ashley/Chorus - Chaya Gupta
Rita/Chorus - Skye Galloway
