Everyman, LiverpoolSimon Armitage and Nick Bagnall's time-slip take on the Greek epic makes some topical political pointsThe Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead claims Homer as the bard of shifting borders and a population on the move. Poet-playwright Simon Armitage and director Nick Bagnall weave together the 21st century and the eighth century BC. On a diplomatic mission to Turkey, a rough-diamond but top-rank UK politi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AM on October 4, 2015