WOMEN OF TROY

28 OCTOBER – 7 NOVEMBER

By Euripides

In a new version by David Fletcher

Directed by David Fletcher

It is the morning after the fall of Troy. All the Trojan men have been killed, but the women don’t yet know their fates – each woman is waiting to hear which Greek leader will be their new master as they grapple with grief and loss. By the end of the play, the women have been taken to the ships, and their city is in flames……

This intensely dramatic, powerful tragedy may have been written over2,400 years ago, but it still speaks to us today on some of the fundamental issues of our time.

It vividly depicts the fallout of the terrifying violence of war and in particular the effect it has on the lives of women.

Just a few years after the play was written, the historian Thucydides wrote “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must” – a maxim that is being frequently quoted on the news today as it was in the ancient world.

THE NIGHT ALIVE

By Conor McPherson

Directed by Tom O’Connor

2 – 12 DECEMBER, 2026

MAIN HOUSE

“Extraordinary…McPherson has a singular gift for making the ordinary glow with an extra

dimension” New York Times'

“Superb, vivid and violent…..a brilliantly fused improvisation on Harold Pinter and David

Mamet.” WhatsOnStage

This is vintage McPherson, full of the sharpest wit and edgy with menace; a wonderful exploration of dependence and redemption.

Tommy's not a bad man, he's getting by. Renting a run-down room in his uncle Maurice's house, just about keeping his past at arm's length and rolling from one get-rich-quick scheme to the other with his pal Doc. Then one day he comes to the aid of Aimee, for whom life is one long struggle.

Their pasts won't let go easily. But together there's a glimmer of hope that they could possibly make something more of their lives. Something extraordinary. Perhaps.

The Night Alive premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in June 2013 to great acclaim, before transferring to the Atlantic Theatre in New York. It was named Best New Play at the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards 2014.

A non-professional production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books