This Restless House: Part 1

22 Apr 2016 -

A father’s horrifying sacrifice of his daughter sets in motion a cycle of bloody revenge and counter-revenge. As his family rots from the inside as a result of his brutal act, the loyalties of his surviving children are pushed to the extreme.The curse that has gripped the family for generations looks as if it will never end.

This Restless House, based on the epic Greek trilogy The Oresteia, is an exhilarating theatrical event and contemporary take on an ancient drama that has survived two and a half thousand years.

Re-imagined in a gripping new trilogy of plays by Zinnie Harris (BBC's Spooks and Partners in Crime and plays Further Than the Furthest Thing, How to Hold Your Breath and The Wheel). Dominic Hill directs, with music by Nikola Kodjabashia (A Christmas Carol, Hamlet, Crime and Punishment) and designed by Colin Richmond (Crime and Punishment, Doctor Faustus).

Dates

22 Apr 2016 @ 7pm

26 Apr 2016 @ 7pm

28 Apr 2016 @ 7pm

30 Apr 2016 @ 2pm

3 May 2016 @ 7pm

5 May 2016 @ 7pm

7 May 2016 @ 2pm*

10 May 2016 @ 7pm

12 May 2016 @ 7pm

14 May 2016 @ 2pm

*Access performance 7 May

Recommended for 16+
Scenes of violence, nudity and strong language

Preview Preview 15, 16, 26 Apr, 7pm
Audio Described 7 May, 2pm
Signed 7 May, 2pm
Captioned 7 May, 2pm

Discussion event Sat 14 May between This Restless House Part 1 at 2pm and This Restless House Parts 2 & 3 at 7pm. Find out more and book your free tickets here

Wheelchair Access
Guide Dogs welcome
Induction Loop

INSIDE THE REHEARSAL PROCESS WITH ELECTRA

Find out from Olivia Morgan, playing Electra, what the rehearsal process for this epic new drama has been like.
REHEARSAL BLOG PART 1 - REHEARSAL ROOM
REHEARSAL BLOG PART 2 - TECH WEEK

REVIEWS

“Breathtaking…powerful…trailblazing” Scotsman ★★★★★

“A production of depth, ambition and creepy power” The Guardian ★★★★★

“most fearless of reinventions” The Herald ★★★★

“It would be a tragedy to miss it” Daily Record ★★★★

“Hill directs with his typical intelligent inventiveness” Daily Telegraph ★★★★

“Hugely powerful” Reviews Hub ★★★★

“This cocktail of sex and politics is heady and intoxicating” The List ★★★★

“The play’s brilliant cast successfully brings the myth and its lead figures back from the dead in all their brutality, with monumental, thrilling results.”
★★★★★ Plays To See

“a triumph”
★★★★ Glasgow Live

“a towering achievement of emotional intensity and theatrical ambition. The best new production this year.”
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PRESS

“It tells stories that have significance and resonance for the largest part of the human race” Director Dominic Hill describes This Restless House to Sunday Herald.

“you have to feel that you’ve got something to bring to it, and if you don’t feel that then you’re best leaving it to the original” Writer Zinnie Harris talks about adapting a 2,500 year old story in
The Herald.

“Agamemnon is a complicated man, a state-sanctioned killer confounded by his own hubris”Actor George Anton discusses playing Agamemnon in The
Evening Times.

Cast & Creative Team

CAST George Anton - Agamemnon Adam Best - Watchman Cliff Burnett - Chorus George Costigan - Chorus Keith Fleming - Aegisthus/ Chorus Pauline Knowles - Clytemnestra Lorn Macdonald - Chorus Olivia Morgan - Chorus Itxaso Moreno - Cassandra Anita Vettesse - Ianthe Chloe Chambers - Young Electra Orla Hay - Young Electra Rose Hughes - Iphigenia Freya Kane - Iphigenia Jonas Lennie - Owen Callum McGhie - Owen with Rich McPherson, Mike Moran, Loretta Scott, Annette Stewart and Stevie Thomson-Fitch
Creative Team Writer - Zinnie Harris Director - Dominic Hill Designer - Colin Richmond Composer - Nikola Kodjabashia Lighting Designer - Ben Ormerod Movement Director - EJ Boyle Fight Director - EmmaClaire Brightlyn Assistant Director - Jack Nurse

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Running Time: 2hr 20min (estimated running time)

--Not Applicable --

A TRILOGY OF PLAYS

This Restless House is a theatrical event consisting of three plays presented over two performances.

Part 1: Agamemnon’s Return
Part 2: The Bough Breaks and Part 3: Electra and Her Shadow (double bill)

Watch all three plays over two evening performances or book our special ‘trilogy Saturdays’ where you can see Part 1 at 2pm and the double bill of Part 2 & Part 3 at 7pm on the same day.

TRILOGY FOR £30 – find out more about this offer.
ADD MEAL DEAL FOR £15 - find out more about this offer

TRILOGY SATURDAYS

Find out more about the great offers and special events available on our Trilogy Saturdays.

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What’s This Restless House About?

Why a trilogy of plays?

Deaf Theatre Club Night: Sat 7 May, 2pm

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, we want to make sure you can enjoy the best night out at the Citizens Theatre. Find out more about the Deaf Theatre Club.

THE BIRDS

12 - 14 May
Circle Studio
The Citizens Young Co. present a comic companion piece to This Restless House with Stephen Greenhorn’s (Sunshine On Leith, River City, Passing Places Doctor Who) adaptation of an ancient Greek comedy.
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