🌊NEW PROJECT!
72 Actors. 12 Hours. 1 Epic Journey.
#JSTTheOdyssey
will see
@EmilyRCWilson
's translation of The Odyssey presented in a continuous free online performance on 9 Oct 2020.
Together with
@LRBbookshop
and publishers
@wwnortonUK
, all 24 books will be performed live!
#JSTTheOdyssey
will reawaken the oral tradition the poem comes from.
On 9 Oct, books 1-4 will stream from 9am on the
@LRBbookshop
YouTube, and Books 5-24 will continue at 12 noon on the JST YouTube and run until late that night.
The readings will remain online for a week.
Homer’s epic recounts the adventures of Odysseus as he tries to get home after the Trojan War, alongside his wife Penelope’s struggles to keep their island kingdom from civil war, and his son Telemachus’ search to find his lost father.
Save the date for
#JSTOdyssey
⛵️ 09/10/20