Mark Bruce Company to Tour THE ODYSSEY in 2016

The award-winning Mark Bruce Company, whose critically acclaimed dance theatre production of Dracula performed to sellout audiences across the country in 2013 and 2014, open their new production THE ODYSSEY at the Merlin Theatre, Frome on February 4th.

THE ODYSSEY, Homer's epic poem written over two thousand years ago, is given the Mark Bruce Company dance theatre treatment; a dramatic, rich re-telling of the ten year journey undertaken by Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

During his struggle to return home the King, (Christopher Tandy) faces the wrath of a reckless god (Jonathan Goddard) who drags Odysseus on an epic journey across oceans to strange lands and the darkness beyond. Immortal beauties, shape shifters, monsters and sorcerers both guide and torment the king as he hurtles towards a savage and desperate reunion with his queen (Hannah Kidd).

The cast and creative teams that produced the multi-award winning Dracula present a vision of a broken world; from faded New York pageants to islands of fantasy, brutal seas, battlefields and a gateway to Hades. Set to music ranging from Mozart to Mark Lanegan, Sacred Arias to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and an original Mark Bruce-composed score, this Odyssey is of now: contemporary horror and fantasy splintering from ancient myth; the headlong collision of universal themes, the encounter with mortality and the gods within...

'THE ODYSSEY' tour dates:

February 4th-6th Frome, Merlin Theatre www.merlintheatre.co.uk 01373 465 949
February 10th-14th Bristol, Circomedia www.circomedia.com 0117 924 7615
February 23rd to March 19th London, Wilton's Music Hall www.wiltons.org.uk 020 7702 2789
April 11th - 12th Exeter, Northcott Theatre www.exeternorthcott.co.uk 01392 726 363
April 15th - 16th Salisbury Playhouse www.salisburyplayhouse.com 01722 320 117
April 22nd - 23rd Ipswich Dance East www.danceeast.co.uk 01473 295 230
April 27th - 28th Eastleigh The Point www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk 023 8065 2333