The Search for Odysseus

From Cuddington Youth Drama

The Search for Odysseus

CYD's most recent production was The Search for Odysseus on 12th and 13th March 2011.

The play is written by Charles Way and tells the story of the teenage boy Telemachus searching for his lost father. It is based on Homer’s epic journey poem The Odyssey, in which Odysseus is forced by an angry God to take a long route home after the Trojan War. The goddess Athene tricks Telemachus into embarking on a challenging voyage that brings him face to face with his father’s adversaries, from a dangerously alluring goddess to an angry Cyclops; through a raging whirlpool to the Underworld and home again.

The play was enhanced by original music specially composed for this production by our musical director Gary Hawkins. The production was set in the round, with all the atmosphere of a Greek play.

Thanks to everyone who helped with the production, and to Jane Tewson and Chris Long for the photos below.

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William checks the script with Jane	Alex as a Greek warrior	Jamie as Odysseus	Patrick as a Greek warrior	Izzy as a Greek maiden
Martha and Jamie as Penelope and Odysseus	Tessa as a Greek maiden	Edward, Patrick and Alex	Kenan as Telemachus	William as Eurymachus
Martha as Penelope	Bethan as the goddess Athene	Ilona and Gabe	Kenan	Georgina as Athene
William as Telemachus	Ella as Eurycleia	Eliza and Luciana	Tod making waves	Fanette as Nausicaa
Ben as Telemachus	The goddess Calypso disguised as a wolf	Ilona as Calypso	Athene trapped in a net	William, Aeneas, Martha, Ella and Jamie
Imogen played the harp for us as a prelude	Musical Director Gary Hawkins	Lighting technician Lydia