Agamemnon

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There are perhaps no deeper issues for our communities at present than those of 'home' and 'war'. Foursight Theatre's production of Agamemnon re-told one of the world's greatest dramatic texts - the story of Agamemnon, a king who sacrificed his daughter in order to facilitate the winds of war.

After ten long years of war, the hero returns home in victory and pride to a welcome that he could not have imagined - and the circle of brutality grinds on and on..

How many children have been killed in war? How many children suffer at home whilst adults pursue their own ends? How many children & child-women have been taken as bounty by conquering armies? Can vengeance for one child's death ever be justified with the suffering or death of another?

We live in an interconnected world - every time a child is killed in the name of 'humanity', we all become a little less human.

Our story begins with the ghost of Agamemnon's daughter waiting for Daddy to come home...