The Epic of Gilgamesh
(up until the part when Enkidu dies)
Produced by Groundwater Productions at Summerworks 2009
Written by Erin Shields
Directed by Gideon Arthurs
Performed by Lindsey Clark, Lisa Karen Cox, Frank Cox-O’Connell, Carlos González-Vio, Richard Lee, Ieva Lucs
Set/Costume Design by Lindsay Anne Black
Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay
Sound Design by Verne Good
Stage Managed by Aislinn Ritchie
Assistant Directed by Alexis McDougall
The world’s oldest story is more relevant than ever in its exploration of strength without control, power without moderation and a culture unable to perceive the cost of its supreme might. History’s parallels are extraordinary – this is the story of Troy, of Rome, the Crusades, Napoleon, Imperialism, Colonialism, indeed of modern Iraq under whose sands Gilgamesh’s city now lays…. The face of hubris, power, fear and greed has changed so little over the millennia.
“[Shields’] writing has both wit and weight – colloquial one moment, incantory the next – and it always holds the stage... Gideon Arthurs’ production is very impressive...” – Robert Cushman, National Post