First performed for the 2021 Four Winds Festival, this Sydney and Adelaide Festival hit returns to the Windsong Pavilion presenting Homer's epic poem for a marathon one day performance by actor writer William Zappa, accompanied by Persian tar/oud player Hamed Sadeghi and percussionist Sohrab Kolahdooz.
Homer's Iliad is the HBO series of the classics – the greatest story of heroism, betrayal and war. The world's oldest 'performed story' is thrillingly brought to life by actor and playwright William Zappa in this rhythmic adaptation – complete with episode recaps and accompanied by a live score of percussion and tar. Presented in one day, audiences can book individual sessions or settle in for a full day to binge-watch this thrillingly immediate staging of a seminal statement on humanity.
Zappa's sonorous voice introduces and guides listeners through the ancient but urgently relevant epic set during the Greek decade-long siege of Troy. Rather than a glorification of war, The Illiad Out Loud issues a warning as relevant today as it was in ancient times.
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