Adaptation, Book & Lyrics: Jenifer Toksvig

Ages: 11 to 18 or full adult cast

Approx length: 90 mins

 

 

Welcome to Ancient Greece and the wedding of Pandora and Epimetheus! She’s a gift from Zeus, but the king of the gods has a trick up his sleeve. A strange box appears amongst the wedding presents and curiosity compels Pandora to open it. All manner of evil is released into the world! She grabs the box and runs away, and that wasn’t part of Zeus’s plan!

 

The gods, the wedding guests, and the groom must find her… but can they overcome the evils they’re afflicted with? Midas is driven on by greed. Narcissus is unable to stop gazing at his own reflection, despite Echo’s best efforts to get his attention. Icarus is having issues in the sky and Orpheus has issues in the Underworld. Hera doesn’t trust Zeus, Pandora doesn’t trust anyone, and Eros is trying to patch things up left, right and center. Follow the gods, goddesses, nymphs and mortals in their mad race to find Pandora and the box!

 

Published by Samuel French Ltd

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