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The Odyssey: Episode 3 - The Four Winds

A craggy island with tower, a ship with sail and oars caught in a storm and a three-headed sea monster approaching a lighthouse.

Booking and details

22 — 23 April 2023
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The event location is

Trowbridge Town Hall

Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8EQ

Presented by Trowbridge Town Hall, written by Florence Espeut-Nickless

After escaping the lair of the Cyclops, Odysseus arrives upon the floating island of Aeolia, home to Aeolus, the keeper of the four winds.

Keen to help her on her journey home, Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag containing all winds but the west. With Ithaca in sight, Odysseus falls asleep only to wake up not quite where she imagined.

To mark the fifth anniversary of Public Acts, The Odyssey is reimagined for today in this epic retelling with hundreds of community members across the country.

About Trowbridge Town Hall

Trowbridge Town Hall aims to provide opportunities that enrich people’s lives, utilising every space in the Town Hall to host performances, support local arts groups, and provide space for a wide range of activities from yoga classes through to toddlers groups.

As the Town Hall has morphed into a vibrant hub for the community, its importance to Trowbridge was recognised in 2021 when it became the recipient of a grant from the Government’s Future High Streets Fund, money that will allow the building to be transformed over the next two and a half years to become a leading performance venue and incubator of local talent.

Performed 22 — 23 April 2023 in the Trowbridge Town Hall.

Gallery

Open Gallery Dialog: 8 images Three men in shirts over t-shirts stand behind a wooden wall. There are other people behind them and a backdrop of wood panelling. They all cheer and jeer.
Three men in shirts over t-shirts stand behind a wooden wall. There are other people behind them and a backdrop of wood panelling. They all cheer and jeer.
Three men in shirts over t-shirts stand behind a wooden wall. There are other people behind them and a backdrop of wood panelling. They all cheer and jeer.
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Lots of people on stage wearing party hats and feather boas dance. hangs strips of paper and hanging tube lighting. Above them hangs strips of paper and hanging tube lighting. A group of animated women stand looking into the distance, with purple lighting and staging around them. A group of men in blue, black and grey clothing stand behind a wooden fence in an enclosure of sorts. They all raise their fists and shout in rebellion. A man on the other side faces them. The full company of The Odyssey: The Four Winds stand across the stage. Above them are strips of green lighting. A man in a red striped shirt and denim jacket stands behind a wooden fens. A woman in a pink top, blue skirt and denim jacket stands on the other side and holds her hand up to his cheek. There is dry ice and yellow lighting. A man sits alone in front of a boat with a pained expression. Behind him are a group of men looking worried and menacing, they are gripping onto the side of the boat. A large group of people stand across the stage, singing or shouting. Above them are orange strip of lighting.

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Supporters

Theatre Nation Partnerships is generously supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund and Garfield Weston Foundation.

Public Acts is supported by Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The CareTech Charitable Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Mosawi Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and Susan Miller and Byron Grote.

Illustration by Ignasi Font