The Odyssey Live!

The London Literary Salon with Theatro Technis

As Christopher Nolan’s film of The Odyssey reaches cinemas, we bring Homer’s epic poem to life!

To coincide with the cinema release of Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey, The London Literary Salon, a community built on reading great literature, and Theatro Technis have joined to bring key passages from Homer's epic poem to life.

Over the course of an hour, Salon founder Toby Brothers (who has shared The Odyssey with readers aged from 9 to 90) and actor Jane Wymark (Shakespeare, Chekhov, Midsomer Murders) will present some of Homer's most brilliant and compelling verses, telling the epic tale of the Greek warrior's ten-year journey home to Ithaca, perilous encounters with the Cyclops, the Sirens and Circe, and ultimate reunion with his wife and son.

After a short interval, audience members will join a Q&A session to discuss why this extraordinary story of adventure and romance, written nearly 3,000 years ago, remains so relevant today.

Cast and Creative Team

Jane Wymark

Performer

Jane Wymark has worked extensively as an actor on stage and screen. Her early career included seasons in repertory theatre, playing a variety of roles, from Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew to Irina in Three Sisters, and a version of Lucrezia Borgia in David Hare and Howard Brenton’s resetting of the Borgia dynasty in 1970s Nottingham. She played Morwenna in the original Poldark series on BBC Television, and Ophelia to Derek Jacobi’s Hamlet at the Old Vic and its subsequent world tour. Today she is often recognized for playing Joyce Barnaby in TV's Midsomer Murders and she has also run drama workshops in schools for the National Theatre’s education department, worked as a continuity announcer for BBC Television and Radio 4, and been a tutor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Toby Brothers

Performer & Director

Toby Brothers leads The London Literary Salon which she founded in 2008. Over more than 25 years she has taught students ranging from adults to secondary and primary school pupils in the UK, France, USA, Japan and beyond. Her innovative teaching experience has included deep involvement with the works of Homer, Shakespeare, Proust, Joyce and Woolf, as well as literary seminars on themes ranging from creative writing to women’s literature and film, from Black American literature to world religions and wisdom traditions.

Nicky Mayhew

Producer

Nicky Mayhew’s career has combined book publishing, journalism and the production of a wide variety of content for TV, radio and online media from locations around the world. As Associate Director of The London Literary Salon she is responsible for devising and curating studies and events, as well as developing business and communications strategy.

Sophie Toumazis

Producer

Sophie Toumazis, founder and director of tpr media consultants, has over 30 years of PR experience in the UK and internationally, including for Channel 4 and the BBC. Deeply engaged in the cultural news agenda, tpr media specialises in promoting TV, independent film and projects with a social impact from Top Boy and Undateables to Netflix’s Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7/Bombers. Her current clients include broadcasters, independent film production companies and film festivals.

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Estimated running time

2 hours including an interval

Performance times

3:00 - 5:00 PM

Ticket prices

£20, £15 (Concessions)

Concession

Full-time students, those aged under 16, senior citizens, the unwaged, members of Equity and BECTU

Access

Theatro Technis is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system fitted in the main auditorium. If you have any questions or specific requests, please email boxoffice@theatrotechnis.com.

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July 19

The Odyssey Live!

Cast and Creative Team

Nicky Mayhew

Sophie Toumazis

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