Cyclops: A Satyr Play - 8 out of 10 Panic Theatre, Joanne Hartstone Presents, Talk is Free Theatre TICKETS: Cyclops: A Satyr Play When you enter the small performance space and have to carefully step over a passed out drunk satyr: the floor is strewn with empty bottles and cans, a karaoke machine, and a rather large and pink faux phallus. Our satyr and storyteller for the evening must have had one hell of a night before! Performed by Griffin Hewitt with original music by Juliette Jones, Cyclops: A Satyr Play tells the story of Odysseus as told by Euripides in the only surviving example of aits king. Satyr Plays were comedic, vulgar parodies of existing serious stories and plays, much like the Panto tradition of the UK. Blending original synth-heavy karaoke tracks, audience participation (your reviewer got to lend his voice to the cyclops and play some beer pong with the satyr) and Greek mythology, Cyclops is a brilliant rendition of this ancient comedic oddity. Griffin’s performan...
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