Hubris in Athens: a staged reading

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Saturday, November 29th, 2014
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Synopsis:
in a crowded, open-air courtroom in 4th Century BC Athens, several hundred citizens meet for a special court session the day after the city's annual theatre festival, the Dionysia. Despite hearing four different lawsuits, the jury can't seem to pass judgment on a single one. Generation gaps, class warfare, xenophobia, apathy, and backroom politics all rise to the surface as the lawcourt descends into chaos. The result a mess that perhaps even the goddess Athena herself is powerless to fix.

WARNING:
With more than a few winks and nudges at Canada's own political dysfunction, Hubris in Athens is a ribald, satirical story of democracy and justice that may induce laughter, rage, and/or a desire to confront a broken political system with the most powerful force of all - change from below.

Featuring the following readers (and maybe more):
Julian Cervello
Max Johnson
Alex Judd
Erin Sterling
Brian Wrigley
and Corin Wrigley

Friday performance
(additional talk-back afterwards for anyone interested)

Saturday performance
(electoral reform talk-back facilitated by Wendy Bergerud, head of Fair Vote Canada's Victoria chapter)


Admission: $7