Following its sell-out run last year, Derek Walcott’s adaptation of his Nobel Prize-winning epic poem Omeros returns to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
The poem spans both time and continents, following the journey of a present-day Odysseus and a beautiful house servant Helen, who incites her own Trojan War.
Performed by Joseph Marcell (King Lear, King John and Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe) and Joan Iyiola (A Season in the Congo, Young Vic), the narrative is rooted on the island of Saint Lucia, Walcott’s home, and will be underscored by live music by Tayo Akinbode to evoke the flavour of the Caribbean.
‘An exciting and highly original fusion of theatre and literature, which offers an engaging way to enjoy a poetic masterpiece’
Culture Whisper
‘No poet rivals Mr. Walcott in humour, emotional depth, lavish inventiveness in language or in the ability to express the thoughts of his characters.’
The New York Times Book Review
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Marco Ramirez is an award-winning American playwright who is currently a writer on staff for FX’s most successful running television series, Sons of Anarchy, and has also written on Da Vinci’s Demons and Netflix’s hit show, Orange is the New Black.
This UK premiere is directed by Bush Theatre Artistic Director Madani Younis and stars Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude, Sky Atlantic) as Jay ‘The Sport’ Jackson, alongside Frances Ashman and Clint Dyer (both stars of Perseverance Drive, Bush Theatre), Gershwyn Eustache Jnr (Home, Royal National Theatre) and Ewan Stewart (Jumpy, Royal Court).
Supported by MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins.
Local Hero Project supported by Hammersmith United Charities.
