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Thyestes (after Seneca)

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It is the most infamous of all the ancients — the story of the deposed king whose sons were slaughtered and served to him by his brother in a feast. In this modern version, reimagined by four young writers, the boundaries of Seneca's play have been blown out to encompass the matrix of killings in the original myth.

A series of moments between atrocities, Thyestes explores the constant that has underpinned human nature across the centuries: that man is brutal, capable of anything. And in the spaces between the banal and the ordinary, terrifying acts occur.

Thyestes won Green Room Awards for Best Adaptation, Best Production and Best Ensemble.

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REVIEW: THYESTES

CHRIS HOOK, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 24 JANUARY 2012

"It plays out more nightmare than myth, and at first glance seems unrelentingly brutal and grim: Thyestes is a story steeped in blood and betrayal."

REVIEW: THYESTES

NICK SPUNDE, AUSTRALIAN STAGE, 25 JANUARY 2012

"The first scene alone is a masterpiece of suspense. There are three men on stage. You, the audience, know that two of them have been sent to kill the third. You don’t know, however, who is who. As they banter and joke and philosophise, sounding like any group of blokes at a party, your suspicions shift from side to side as you try to work out who are the killers and who the man about to die."

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