Sydney Theatre Company presents a Bell Shakespeare and Malthouse Melbourne co-production developed through Mind's Eye
VENUS & ADONIS
 
“A stunning theatrical adaptation...a profound enactment of the anguish and ecstasy of love...” The Australian

Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis is a subversive re-working of Ovid’s original love story. Unlike its model, it celebrates the most human aspects of seduction: it is vulgar, funny, sexy and whole-hearted.

The story is simple. Goddess meets Boy, Goddess wants Boy, Goddess (in Shakespeare’s version) doesn’t get Boy; instead he turns into a Flower. The Goddess is brought to earth with the crashing thud of human failure.

In this sparkling new response to Shakespeare’s most popular poem, Venus is a woman with a past who is having trouble with her future. Directed by Bell Shakespeare’s Associate Director, Marion Potts, Venus & Adonis premiered at the CUB Malthouse in 2008. Melissa Madden Gray and Susan Prior portray a Hydra-headed Venus who is ardent, wilful, wanton, terrifying… but also wondering where the hell she’s heading. Desire is only half of the story.…
 

Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes no interval

Wharf 2

Bookings: (02) 9250 1777