by William Shakespeare

Produced by Cheek by Jowl in a co-production with barbicanbite08;
Les Gémeaux/Sceaux/Scène Nationale; Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague

Remarkably fresh, arresting and controversial...stunningly staged.
The Independent

Dazzling and vital…a staggering production
Le Figaro

The Trojan War, the defining legend of western literature, is stripped to its raw heart in Shakespeare's scathing satire on glory, chivalry and doomed love.

After seven years of fighting, the Greeks and the Trojans have reached a stalemate. As each side seeks a new thirst for bloodshed, they also discover that heroes and heroines do not only fall on the field of battle.