GradFest26: Penelope

At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, Penelope’s four remaining suitors eke out a ridiculous existence.

While her husband is away fighting the Trojans, her home has become the stage for a pathetic contest of manhood, with each suitor vainly attempting to win her favour through increasingly deranged displays of devotion. With Penelope’s husband fast approaching, the suitors devise a plan for how they might escape their fates and find meaning in the bizarre lives they’ve chosen for themselves. Enda Walsh delivers tragedy and comedy in equal measure in this modern reimagining of the classical myth.

Running time approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes without an interval.

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