When a city falls, its people must bear the wreckage. A live news crew will film the destruction but not the aftermath. It does not capture a mother looking for her lost boys, a fallen woman trying to keep up appearances, a young girl’s duty to pay off a bargain she’d never been participant to. They are merely numbers, tallied up figures for the television reports. They are not human. They are mere dolls.
Darkly humorous and epically tragic, Trojan Barbie is an exhilarating play. Placing characters of antiquity within the very real world of a military occupied refugee camp, the play explores how, after over two millennia, we are still no closer to solving the consequences of war and the people it leaves behind. Hecuba, Polyxena, Cassandra, Andromache, Helen of Troy and Lotte of Reading all hurtle towards their fate in this electric modern spectacle about war, its reverberations, and its women. Whether it’s ancient myth or a vivid reality…
‘They never asked about the women.’
Emma Kemsley-Pein and Will Bishop sorting out the dirt.Kate Marston and Emma Blacklay-PiechZoé BarnesRebecca Thomas and a flying teddy bear.Bethan DavidsonZoé BarnesEmma Kemsley-Pein and Alice Carlill breaking a Barbie like a wish bone.Zoé Barnes breaking Barbie.Emma Kemsley-Pein and a male Barbie doll.Alice CarlillLucy Dickson who works as a doll repair personAmanda Ekström and Rute CostaRachel Bircher, Emma Kemsley-Pein and Alice CarlillAlice CarlillBethan DavidsonEmma Kemsley-Pein and Bethan DavidsonBethan Davidson, Emma Corrin, Zoé Barnes, Harrison MacNeill and Isla Cowan.Rachel Bircher, Emma Kemsley-Pein, Emma Corrin and Rebecca ThomasZoé Barnes, Rachel Bircher, Harrison MacNeill, Rebecca Thomas, Emma Kemsley-Pein and Isla CowanEmma Corrin and Bethan DavidsonEmma CorrinAlice Carlill and Ben MartineauLucy Dickson and Will BishopLucy Dickson and Kate MarstonKate Marston and Lucy DicksonKate MarstonEmma CorrinAlice Carlill and Ben MartineauZoé Barnes and Bethan DavidsonBethan Davidson and Joe SpenceBethan Davidson and Emma CorrinEmma Corrin and Joe SpenceBethan Davidson and Kate MarstonLucy Dickson and Rebecca ThomasLucy DicksonAlice CarlillBen Martineau and Ronald ProkešBen Martineau and Alice CarlillRonald Prokeš entering the tiger cageHarrison MacNeillRebecca Thomas with Rachel Bircher in the backgroundZoé BarnesBethan Davidson and Kate MarstonBethan Davidson, Rachel Bircher, Emma Kemsley-Pein, Joe Spence and Kate MarstonBethan Davidson, Joe Spence and Emma Kemsley-PeinZoé Barnes, Isla Cowan, Joe Spence and Bethan DavidsonKate Marston and Joe SpenceKate Marston, Joe Spence and Isla CowanRonald Prokeš, Kate Marston and Bethan DavidsonBethan Davidson and Emma CorrinWill Bishop, Zoé Barnes, Bethan Davidson and Isla CowanZoé Barnes, Bethan Davidson, Isla Cowan, Will Bishop and Rebecca ThomasZoé Barnes, Bethan Davidson, Isla Cowan, Will Bishop and Rebecca ThomasBethan Davidson, Joe Spence, Rachel Bircher, Emma Kemsley-Pein and Lucy DicksonBethan DavidsonBethan Davidson and Lucy DicksonJoe Spence, Bethan Davidson and Lucy DicksonBethan Davidson, Zoé Barnes, Isla Cowan, Lucy Dickson, Rachel Bircher, Emma Kemsley-Pein and Ronald ProkešLucy Dickson and Will BishopLucy Dickson and Will BishopLucy DicksonLucy Dickson and Bethan DavidsonLucy Dickson.Sam Payne, Kathryn Dodds, Emily Galvin, Rachel Bircher, Hannah Sands, Emma Blacklay-Piech, Ronald Prokeš, Zoé Barnes, Will Bishop, Isla Cowan, Ben Martineau, Bethan Davidson, Emma Corrin, Alice Carlill, Kate Marston, Joe Spence, Lucy Dickson, Harrison MacNeill, Rose Payne and Rebecca Thomas.
Cast
Hecuba – Bethan Davidson
Lotte – Lucy Dickson
Andromache – Kate Marston
Helen of Troy – Rebecca Thomas
Cassandra – Emma Corrin
Polly X – Alice Carlill
Mica – Harrison MacNeil
Menelaus – Will Bishop
Talthybius – Joe Spence
Jorge – Ben Martineau
Max – Ronald Prokes
Clea – Rachel Bircher
Esme – Emma Kemsley-Pein
Zoe – Zoe Barnes
Ayla – Isla Cowan
Production Team
Director – Emma Blacklay-Piech
Producer – Eleanor Mitchell
Assistant Director – Hannah Sands
Movement Director – Rute Costa
Technical Director – Leah Ward
Technical Advisor – Sheanna Patel
Master Carpenter – Peter Griffin
Set Designer – Eleanor Mitchell
Set Consultant – Harry Stockwell
Lighting Designer – Kathryn Dodds
Sound Designer – Emily Galvin
Chief Electrician – Sam Payne
Stage Manager – Saskia Baylis
Deputy Stage Manager – Rose Payne
Assistant Stage Manager – Caitlin Walsh, Issy Houston
Publicity Designer – Lewis Scott
Programme Designer – Lewis Scott
Headshot Photographer – Daniel Karaj
Costume Designer – Amanda Ekström
Set Painter – Anna Hackney, Jen Wardley, Ankita Anirban,Vicky Vanderstichele, Laura Cowan
Executive Delivery Boy – Charlie Gladstone
Photographer – Johannes Hjorth
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