Arts Over Borders Presents Open-Air Productions of Homer's THE ODYSSEY
By: Stephi Wild

Arts Over Borders will present a series of unique open air presentations of Homer's The Odyssey on nine beaches that stretch along the Atlantic coast between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, from 9-19 August 2018.
Five female actors including Frances Barber, Natascha McElhone, Maxine Peake and Imogen Stubbs will take part, each reading from different episodes of The Odyssey, the first female actors to be cast in Homer's epics for over 2000 years. The text is Emily Wilson's brand new translation, the first in English by a woman. The events, staged in pavilions on the beaches will include Greek food and live Greek music.Alongside the beach Odyssey, Belfast actor Niall Cusack will lead the readings in Derry-Londonderry in English, Greek and Gaelic, of Homer's other great epic, The Iliad, the story of the Seige of Troy. The readings will take place over three days, Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August, around the Walls of Derry to the live soundtrack of the annual Apprentice Boys marching bands celebrating the city's own famous siege in 1689.

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